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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Nehemiah 12:1-28

Nehemiah 12:1-28Were written in the book of the chronicles.A bookI. A book unites the ages. Brings the past into the present; borrows the future to give the present significance. The “sceptred spirits of history” rule us still. With books the poorest enters the highest society: the loneliest need not be solitary.II. A book reveals life’s importance. It gives permanence to thought. Life is a writing.III. A book silently anticipates the judgment. A record may be appealed to: “Is this thy... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Nehemiah 12:26

Joiakim: Nehemiah 12:10 Nehemiah: Nehemiah 8:9, Ezra 7:6, Ezra 7:11 Reciprocal: Nehemiah 12:47 - Zerubbabel read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:21-26

LISTS OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES, Nehemiah 12:1-26. In these verses we have, first, the list of priests and Levites that went up from Babylon with Zerubbabel, 1-9; next follows a genealogy of the high priests from Jeshua to Jaddua, 10-11: then the names of the chief fathers of the priestly houses in the days of Joiakim, 12-21; and, finally, sundry statements concerning the Levites, 22-26. It will be observed that the names in Nehemiah 12:1-9 appear again with but a few changes in Nehemiah... read more

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