“ Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; ”
Priests and Levites who Returned with Jeshua and Zerubbabel, and Extracts from other Lists. The details here given were, in all probability, taken largely from the Temple archives. Nehemiah 12:...
Shebamah. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "Shechaniah".
Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem 1. The priests] The names in Nehemiah 12:1-7 likewise appear with some variations in Nehemiah 10:3-8 see also Ezra 2:36-39 .
(12-26) List of representatives of Zerubbabel’s priests in the days of Joiakim; to which is added an account of the Levites in his day. Between these there is an interpolation ( Nehemiah 12:22-23 ).
Here the story of the settlement of the people in Jerusalem is completed. This is followed by an account o f the solemn dedication of the wall. It would seem as though it had been postponed for som...
It should seem that the service of the gates, appointed by David, the people of the captivity were anxious to revive. But how it was performed, or what particular service made use of, is not known.
Nehemiah 12:12 .
PRIESTS AND LEVITES (vv. 1-26) In these verses God sees fit to list the names of the priests and Levites who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first return for the rebuilding of the city....
The Priests and Levites That Returned. B. C. 444. 1 Now these are the priests and the...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Details Concerning The Priests And Levites Who Returned With Zerubbabel, And Those Who Subsequently Developed ( Nehemiah 12:1-26 ). The importance of the genuinely appointed Priests and Levites to...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The list of the inhabitants of the province (chap. 11) is followed by lists of the priests and Levites ( Nehemiah 12:1-26 ). These different lists are, in fact, all connected wit...
Nehemiah 12:47 . They sanctified unto the levites, and the levites sanctified unto the children of Aaron. They dedicated and delivered not only the tithes, and the tithe of the tithes, as stated i...
Were written in the book of the chronicles. A book I. A book unites the ages. Brings the past into the present; borrows the future to give the present significance. The “sceptred spirits of his...
EXPOSITION LIST OF THE LEVITICAL AND PRIESTLY FAMILIES WHICH RETURNED FROM BABYLON WITH ZERUBBABEL ( Nehemiah 12:1-16 ). This list receives elucidation and, to some ext...
Priests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel
Nehemiah 12:2 ; Nehemiah 12:3