Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-26
Lists of priests and Levites (12:1-26)Following the lists of residents of Jerusalem are the lists of priests and Levites. The first of these records the names of those priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel and Joshua (12:1-9). (The Ezra mentioned in this list is not the more commonly known Ezra.) After recording the descendants of Joshua for the next six generations (10-11), the writer returns to record the heads of the other original priestly families (12-21).Besides dealing with... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 12:23-25
Nehemiah 12:23-25. Written in the book of the Chronicles That is, in the public annals or registers, in which the genealogies of the several families were recorded by the Jews with great exactness, as all persons agree. Ward over against ward Or, by turns, one coming in when another went out, to attend in their courses, which are called wards. At the thresholds of the gates To wit, of the temple, where the holy things were laid up, their watching-place being close by the thresholds of... read more