Nehemiah 12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:12-21

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers ,.... This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the priests in the time of his father before mentioned: these were Meraiah, Hananiah, Meshullam, Jehohanan, Jonathan, Joseph, Adna, Helkai, Zechariah, (the prophet of that name,) Meshullam, Zichri, Piltai,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:22

The Levites, in the days of Eliashib,.... The third priest of the second temple: Joiada ; he was the son of Eliashib, and the fourth high priest: and Johanan ; the same with Jonathan, Nehemiah 12:11 and whom Josephus F15 Antiqu. l. 11. c. 7. sect. 1. also calls Joannes: and Jaddua ; the same as in Nehemiah 12:10 in the days of each of these were recorded chief of the fathers ; the principal men among the Levites: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:23

The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles ,.... Some think this refers to 1 Chronicles 9:14 , &c.; until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib ; from whence Dr. Lightfoot F16 Works, vol. 1. p. 146. concludes, that the Chronicles were written by Ezra in the times of this Johanan. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:24

And the chief of the Levites ,.... Here the thread of the history of Nehemiah, interrupted by the insertion of the two preceding verses, is carried from the priests to the Levites in the times of the third high priest: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel ; these were singers, since it follows: 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 ; which office of theirs they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:25

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters ,.... At the gates of the temple, see 1 Chronicles 9:15 , keeping the ward, at the thresholds of the gates ; of the temple, where they stood and watched; or "at the collection of the gates", meaning either where the people were gathered together, or where money gathered was laid up; and so some render it, "the treasuries of the gates": unless a place called Asuppim should be meant, 1 Chronicles 26:15 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:26

These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak ,.... Who was high priest in Babylon, and whose grandson was now high priest in the time referred to: and in the days of Nehemiah the governor ; the writer of this book: and of Ezra the priest, the scribe ; who was contemporary with him. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:27

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem ,.... In which many priests and Levites assisted, and seems to be the reason of the above account of them; the dedication of the wall takes in the whole city, gates, and houses, Nehemiah 12:30 , and if a new house was to be dedicated, much more a new city, and especially the holy city, in which stood the temple of the Lord, see Deuteronomy 20:5 , this dedication was made by prayer and songs of praise, as follow, and no doubt by sacrifices,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:28

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together ,.... Such of the Levites that were singers, and their sons that were trained up as such: both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem the plain of Jordan by Jericho, and the plain of Saron and Lydda: and from the villages of Netophathi : see 1 Chronicles 9:16 , here they dwelt, when not in their courses, to minister in the temple; but on this public occasion were summoned together. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:29

Also from the house of Gilgal ,.... Which likewise was in a champaign country in the plains of Jericho, Deuteronomy 11:30 , and out of the fields of Geba ; which was a Levitical city in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 21:17 and Azmaveth ; the same with Bethazmaveth, Nehemiah 7:28 where it follows Anathoth and Netophah, as it does in Ezra 2:24 , and was very probably in the tribe of Benjamin: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem ; that they might... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:30

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves ,.... By washing their bodies and their clothes, perhaps by sprinkling the water of purification on them, see Numbers 8:6 . read more

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