Nehemiah 12 - Introduction
_AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES WHO CAME UP WITH ZERUBBABEL. THE CHIEF PRIESTS FROM JESHUA TO JEDAIAH. THE LEVITES FROM JESHUA TO EZRA. THE DEDICATION OF THE WALLS._ _Before Christ 444._... [ Continue Reading ]
_AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES WHO CAME UP WITH ZERUBBABEL. THE CHIEF PRIESTS FROM JESHUA TO JEDAIAH. THE LEVITES FROM JESHUA TO EZRA. THE DEDICATION OF THE WALLS._ _Before Christ 444._... [ Continue Reading ]
JADDUA— This was the person who went in his pontifical habit to meet Alexander the Great, as he was advancing towards Jerusalem, after the conquest of Tyre and Gaza. See the note on Exodus 28:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO THE PRIESTS, TO THE REIGN OF DARIUS THE PERSIAN— This verse, wherein mention is made of Darius Codomanus, and the high-priest Jaddua, affords us a proof, says Mr. Le Clerc, that Nehemiah did not put the finishing hand to this book. For Nehemiah, to be able to speak of Darius, must have lived, a... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AT THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL— Dedication was a religious ceremony, whereby a temple, altar, or vessel thereunto belonging, was, by the pronunciation of a certain form of blessing, consecrated to the service of God; and this dedication extended not only to things sacred, but to cities and their... [ Continue Reading ]