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Nehemiah 12:22 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 12 · verse 22
The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.Nehemiah 12:22 · King James Version
Nehemiah 12:22 in context
20Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
21Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
22The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
23The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EliashibʼElyâshîybEljashib, the name of six IsraelitesH475 →
- recordedkâthabto grave, by implication, to writeH3789 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- JohananYôwchânânJochanan, the name of nine IsraelitesH3110 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
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We have here the names, and little more than the names, of a great many priests and Levites, that were eminent in their day among the returned Jews.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-26