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Nehemiah 11:17 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 11 · verse 17
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.Nehemiah 11:17 · King James Version
Nehemiah 11:17 in context
15Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
16And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
17And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
19Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thanksgivingyâdâhphysically, to throw at or awayH3034 →
- MattaniahMattanyâhMattanjah, the name of ten IsraelitesH4983 →
- principalrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- BakbukiahBaqbuqyâhBakbukjah, an IsraeliteH1229 →
- prayertᵉphillâhintercession, supplicationH8605 →
- MichaMîykâʼMica, the name of two IsraelitesH4316 →
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Jerusalem is called here the holy city (Neh 11:1), because there the temple was, and that was the place God had chosen to put his name there; upon this account, one would think, the holy seed should all have chosen to dwell there and have striven for a habitation there;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-19