Nehemiah 12:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-26

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. Why this register should be here inserted by Nehemiah does not appear, perhaps to keep in remembrance those good men, that posterity might know to whom they were beholden, under God, for the happy revival and re-establishment of their religion among them. Thus must we contribute towards the performance of that promise, Ps. 112:6; The righteous... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1

Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua ,.... Who went up from the captivity in Babylon to Jerusalem with them; the one was the prince, the other the high priest, the same with Joshua the high priest, Zechariah 3:1 , the names of the priests are given in this and the six following verses: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra ; not Jeremiah the prophet, who cannot be thought to live so long as through the captivity; but Ezra may be Ezra... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:1

Now these are the priests - Not the whole, but the chief of them, as we are informed, Nehemiah 12:7 , Nehemiah 12:22 , Nehemiah 12:23 , and Nehemiah 12:24 . The Septuagint omit Nehemiah 12:3 , except the word Shechaniah; as also Nehemiah 12:4 , Nehemiah 12:5 , Nehemiah 12:6 , Nehemiah 12:9 , Nehemiah 12:37 , Nehemiah 12:38 , Nehemiah 12:39 , Nehemiah 12:40 , and Nehemiah 12:41 . The Arabic omits the first twenty-six verses, and Nehemiah 12:29 . Mention... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1

Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel . See the comment on Ezra 3:2 . Jeshua . The high priest of Zerubbabel's time. Seraiah. Compare Nehemiah 11:11 with the comment on that place. The original Seraiah was the high priest murdered by Nebuchadnezzar ( 2 Kings 25:18-21 ). Jeremiah and Ezra , who gave name to the second and third course, must not be regarded as the prophet or the scribe so named, but as persons of whom nothing more is known to us. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-26

1. That of the priestly families whose seals were set to the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:2-8 ); and, 2. That of the heads of the priestly courses under the high priest Joiakim ( Nehemiah 12:12-21 ). The number of the names in each of the three lists is almost exactly the same (twenty-two or twenty-one); the names are for the most part the same; and they are given nearly in the same order. That they are the names of families appears most distinctly from the third list ( Nehemiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-26

Ministers in God's temple. These lists, once so important, are to us little more than fragmentary relics of a vanished system. They remind us how all that is external decays and passes away. They may, however, also suggest to us truths which abide and retain their worth throughout all ages. I. THE VARIETIES OF MINISTRY IN THE HOUSE OF GOD . Here, high priests, priests, Levites; chiefs and subordinates; singers and musicians; gate-keepers and guards of treasure-houses.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-47

Ministers of the Lord. Twenty-six verses of this chapter are given to the record of the names of priests and Levites. That fact itself is suggestive. It is indicative of the high place which the ministers of God held in the national estimation. We meet in these chronicles with the names of few men of comparative wealth, or rank, or soldierly ability; but the names of the ministers of religion are recorded, and are thus immortalised. Concerning these we may learn— I. THEIR RELATIVE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-47

Joy of Jerusalem. "That day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off" ( Nehemiah 12:43 ). I. THE CONSTITUENTS OF TRUE JOY . These are— 1. Thankfulness and praise in the remembrance of the past and in confident anticipation of the future. The people recounted the mercies of the Lord. Their dedication of the completed walls... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 12:1

The priests - The number of the names here given, which is 22, is probably to be connected with that of the Davidic “courses,” which was 24 1 Chronicles 24:7-18. Eight names are identical with those of the heads in David’s time. On comparing the present list with that of the families who sealed to Nehemiah’s covenant Nehemiah 10:2-8, we shall find that the first sixteen recur in that document nearly in the same order; but that the last six are absent from it. It would seem that as these six... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 12:1

Nehemiah 12:1. Now these are the priests The chief of the priests; the heads of those twenty-four courses which David appointed by divine direction, 1 Chronicles 24:0. And whereas there were twenty-four, and here but twenty- two, and Nehemiah 12:12, &c., only twenty, the reason of this difference may be because two of the twenty-four courses were extinct in Babylon, and two of the persons here named, (verse, 2-5,) Hattush and Maadiah, may be omitted in the account of the posterity of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-47

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-47

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 12:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 12:1

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