Nehemiah 12:1-11

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:2-7

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush ,.... Whose names are among the sealers of the covenant, Nehemiah 10:3 . Malluch is afterwards called Melicu, Nehemiah 12:14 , Shechaniah , called Shebaniah, Nehemiah 12:14 and so in Nehemiah 10:4 Rehum , who, by transposition of letters, is Harim, Nehemiah 12:15 , and so in Nehemiah 10:5 . Meremoth , called Meraioth, Nehemiah 12:15 , Iddo, Ginnetho , read Ginnethon, Nehemiah 12:16 so in Nehemiah 10:6 . Abijah ; there was a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:8

Moreover the Levites ,.... Who lived in the same times: were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah ; most of these are made mention of in Nehemiah 8:7 , the last of them is said to be over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren ; he was the precentor, or had the directing and conducting of the songs of the temple, particularly the thanksgiving song at the daily sacrifices; Jarchi takes the word here used to be the name of a musical instrument. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:9

Also Bakbukiah and Unni ,.... Two other Levites; the first is mentioned in Nehemiah 11:17 , their brethren, were over against them in the watches ; the Levites were divided into twenty four wards, and these were placed one against another, 1 Chronicles 23:6 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:10-11

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada, and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua. This is an account of the high priests in succession in the second temple, the first six of them; and if Jaddua, the last mentioned, is the same with Jaddus, as Josephus F14 Antiqu. l. 11. c. 8. sect. 5. supposes, who went forth in his pontifical robes to meet Alexander the great returning from his conquests of Tyre and Gaza, from whom he obtained many... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:7

The chief of the priests - They were twenty-four orders or courses in number, all subordinate to each other; as established by David, 1 Chronicles 24:18 . And these orders or courses were continued till the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. See Calmet. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:8

Over the thanksgiving - The principal singers: See on Nehemiah 11:17 ; (note). 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

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