Nehemiah 12 - Introduction
1:1 Nehemiah (c-4) Meaning, 'Comfort of Jehovah.' year, (d-21) That is, of Artaxerxes Longimanus; see ch. 2.1; Ezra 7:1 . Shushan (e-26) The capital of Elam. fortress, (f-28) Or 'palace.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1:1 Nehemiah (c-4) Meaning, 'Comfort of Jehovah.' year, (d-21) That is, of Artaxerxes Longimanus; see ch. 2.1; Ezra 7:1 . Shushan (e-26) The capital of Elam. fortress, (f-28) Or 'palace.'... [ Continue Reading ]
12:9 watches. (a-12) Or 'in [their] charges.'... [ Continue Reading ]
12:12 of (b-11) Or 'for;' and so all through this passage.... [ Continue Reading ]
12:17 Moadiah, (c-7) Maadiah, ver. 5... [ Continue Reading ]
12:22 Johanan, (d-16) Jonathan, ver. 11. until (e-22) Or 'under.' Persian. (f-28) Darius III. Codomanus; according to those who translate 'under the reign,' it would be Darius II, Nothus.... [ Continue Reading ]
12:23 Johanan (d-21) Jonathan, ver. 11.... [ Continue Reading ]
12:29 Beth-Gilgal, (g-3) Or 'the house of Gilgal.' hamlets (h-19) See ch. 11.25.... [ Continue Reading ]
12:40 rulers (a-17) See Ezra 9:2 .... [ Continue Reading ]
12:43 offered (b-5) _ Zevach_ . lit. 'sacrificed.'... [ Continue Reading ]
12:44 time (c-4) Or 'on that day.'... [ Continue Reading ]
12:47 consecrated (d-31) Or 'set apart as holy.'... [ Continue Reading ]