These were the chief of the priests The heads of the courses of the priests instituted by David, which were restored after their return from captivity, though as yet they were not so many as they had been before: see Ezra 6:18. And of their brethren That is, of the priests, who were their brethren; in the days of Jeshua Who was the high-priest at the return from captivity.
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Nehemiah 12:7
7 Sallu,e Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.