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Nehemiah
Chapter Twelve
New King James Version
(NKJV)
Nehemiah 12:1.
Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel
and Jeshua: Seraiah
Jeremiah
Ezra
YLT 1And these [are] the priests
and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel
and Jeshua;
Seraiah
Jeremiah
Ezra
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 the priest and scribe
who might come up with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem
and
return to Babylon again
and from thence come again as he did
in the seventh
year of Artaxerxes
Ezra 7:1
though
this by someF13Vid. Rainold de Lib. Apocryph. praelect. 153. p. 402
&c. is not thought very probable.
Nehemiah 12:2.
Amariah
Malluch
Hattush
YLT 2Amariah
Malluch
Hattush
Amariah
Malluch
Hattush
....
Whose names are among the
sealers of the covenant
Nehemiah 10:3.
Malluch is afterwards called Melicu
Nehemiah 12:14
Nehemiah 12:3.
Shechaniah
Rehum
Meremoth
YLT 3Shechaniah
Rehum
Meremoth
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
Nehemiah 12:4.
Iddo
Ginnethoi
[a] Abijah
YLT 4Iddo
Ginnethoi
Abijah
Iddo
Ginnetho
read Ginnethon
Nehemiah 12:16 so
in Nehemiah 10:6.
Abijah;
there was a course of a
priest of this name
of which Zechariah the father of John the Baptist was
Luke 1:5.
Nehemiah 12:5.
Mijamin
Maadiah
Bilgah
YLT 5Miamin
Maadiah
Bilgah
Miamin
Maadiah
Bilgah;
the first two are called
Miniamin and Moadiah
Nehemiah 12:17.
Nehemiah 12:6.
Shemaiah
Joiarib
Jedaiah
YLT 6Shemaiah
and Joiarib
Jedaiah
Shemaiah
Joiarib
Jedaiah
Sallu;
called Sallai
Nehemiah 12:20.
Nehemiah 12:7.
Sallu
Amok
Hilkiah
and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests
and their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
YLT 7Sallu
Amok
Hilkiah
Jedaiah; these [are] heads of the priests and of their brethren in the days of
Jeshua.
Amok
Hilkiah
Jedaiah these were the chief of the priests
and of their brethren
in the days
of Jeshua;
heads of courses; or
however
priests of the greatest note in the times of Jeshua the high priest.
Nehemiah 12:8.
Moreover
the Levites were Jeshua
Binnui
Kadmiel
Sherebiah
Judah
and
Mattaniah who led the thanksgiving psalms
he and his brethren.
YLT 8And the Levites [are]
Jeshua
Binnui
Kadmiel
Sherebiah
Judah
Mattaniah
he [is] over the
thanksgiving
and his brethren
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.
Nehemiah 12:9.
Also
Bakbukiah and Unni
their brethren
stood across from them in their
duties.
YLT 9and Bakbukiah and Unni
their brethren
[are] over-against them in charges.
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.
Nehemiah 12:10.
Jeshua
begot Joiakim
Joiakim begot Eliashib
Eliashib begot Joiada
YLT 10And Jeshua hath begotten
Joiakim
and Joiakim hath begotten Eliashib
and Eliashib hath begotten Joiada
Verse
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 JosephusF14Antiqu.
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 favours
and whom he had into the temple
and showed him the
prophecy of Daniel concerning himself; this paragraph must be written by
another hand
and not Nehemiah
since it can hardly be thought he should live
so long; and as to his times
this account of him
or the history of his own
times
seems not to have gone through the priesthood of Eliashib
the third of
those high priests
see Nehemiah 13:28
and
to reach no further than to the thirty second of Darius Hystaspis
Nehemiah 13:6 this
fragment therefore might be inserted by some godly man under a divine direction
in later times
as we have several insertions in the books of Moses and Joshua
of the like kind; and particularly in 1 Chronicles 3:19
where the genealogy of Zerubbabel is carried down beyond the times of the
Maccabees
and so could not be placed there by Ezra.
Nehemiah 12:11.
Joiada
begot Jonathan
and Jonathan begot Jaddua.
YLT 11and Joiada hath begotten
Jonathan
and Jonathan hath begotten Jaddua.
Nehemiah 12:12.
Now
in the days of Joiakim
the priests
the heads of the fathers’ houses were:
of Seraiah
Meraiah; of Jeremiah
Hananiah;
YLT 12And in the days of Joiakim
have been priests
heads of the fathers; of Seraiah
Meraiah; of Jeremiah
Hananiah;
Verses
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
Shammua
Jehonathan
Mattenai
Uzzi
Kallai
Eber
Hashabiah
Nethaneel; in all twenty
whereas there are twenty two named
as in his
father's days
there being no sons or descendants from two of them
namely
Hattush
and Miamin.
Nehemiah 12:13.
of
Ezra
Meshullam; of Amariah
Jehohanan;
YLT 13of Ezra
Meshullam; of
Amariah
Jehohanan;
Nehemiah 12:14.
of
Melichu
[b] Jonathan;
of Shebaniah
[c] Joseph;
YLT 14of Melicu
Jonathan; of
Shebaniah
Joseph;
Nehemiah 12:15.
of
Harim
[d] Adna; of
Meraioth
[e] Helkai;
YLT 15of Harim
Adna; of
Meraioth
Helkai;
Nehemiah 12:16.
of
Iddo
Zechariah; of Ginnethon
Meshullam;
YLT 16of Iddo
Zechariah; of
Ginnethon
Meshullam;
Nehemiah 12:17.
of
Abijah
Zichri; the son of Minjamin;[f] of
Moadiah
[g] Piltai;
YLT 17of Abijah
Zichri; of
Miniamin; of Moadiah
Piltai;
Nehemiah 12:18.
of
Bilgah
Shammua; of Shemaiah
Jehonathan;
YLT 18of Bilgah
Shammua; of
Shemaiah
Jehonathan;
Nehemiah 12:19.
of
Joiarib
Mattenai; of Jedaiah
Uzzi;
YLT 19and of Joiarib
Mattenai;
of Jedaiah
Uzzi;
Nehemiah 12:20.
of
Sallai
[h] Kallai; of
Amok
Eber;
YLT 20of Sallai
Kallai; of Amok
Eber;
Nehemiah 12:21.
of
Hilkiah
Hashabiah; and of Jedaiah
Nethanel.
YLT 21of Hilkiah
Hashabiah; of
Jedaiah
Nethaneel.
Nehemiah 12:22.
During
the reign of Darius the Persian
a record was also kept of the Levites
and priests who had been heads of their fathers’ houses in the days
of Eliashib
Joiada
Johanan
and Jaddua.
YLT 22The Levites
in the days of
Eliashib
Joiada
and Johanan
and Jaddua
are written
heads of fathers
and
of the priests
in the kingdom of Darius the Persian.
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 JosephusF15Antiqu. 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;
thought to be Darius
Codomannus
the last king of the Persian monarchy
whom Alexander conquered;
and if so
this verse must be inserted after the death of Nehemiah
and as the
next verse also seems to be; for these two verses interrupt the natural order
of the relation: an account is given of the priests in the times of Joiakim
Nehemiah 12:12
these verses being inserted
the account goes on
Nehemiah 12:24
&c. of the chief of the Levites in the times of Joiakim only.
Nehemiah 12:23.
The
sons of Levi
the heads of the fathers’ houses until the days of Johanan
the son of Eliashib
were written in the book of the chronicles.
YLT 23Sons of Levi
heads of the
fathers
are written on the book of the Chronicles even till the days of
Johanan son of Eliashib;
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. LightfootF16Works
vol. 1. p. 146. concludes
that the Chronicles were written by Ezra in the
times of this Johanan.
Nehemiah 12:24.
And
the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah
Sherebiah
and Jeshua the son
of Kadmiel
with their brothers across from them
to praise and give
thanks
group alternating with group
according to the command of David the man
of God.
YLT 24and heads of the Levites:
Hashabiah
Sherebiah
and Jeshua son of Kadmiel
and their brethren
[are]
over-against them
to give praise
to give thanks
by command of David the man
of God
charge over-against charge.
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 performed by turns in courses
as David under a divine direction ordered
see 1 Chronicles 23:5.
Nehemiah 12:25.
Mattaniah
Bakbukiah
Obadiah
Meshullam
Talmon
and Akkub were gatekeepers
keeping the watch at the storerooms of the gates.
YLT 25Mattaniah
and Bakbukiah
Obadiah
Meshullam
Talmon
Akkub
[are] gatekeepers
keeping charge in the
gatherings of the gates.
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.
Nehemiah 12:26.
These
lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua
the son of Jozadak
[i] and in the
days of Nehemiah the governor
and of Ezra the priest
the scribe.
YLT 26These [are] in the days of
Joiakim son of Jeshua
son of Jozadak
and in the days of Nehemiah the
governor
and of Ezra the priest
the scribe.
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.
Nehemiah 12:27.
Now
at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all
their places
to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with
gladness
both with thanksgivings and singing
with cymbals and stringed
instruments and harps.
YLT 27And at the dedication of
the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places
to bring
them in to Jerusalem
to make the dedication even with gladness
and with
thanksgivings
and with singing
[with] cymbals
psalteries
and with harps;
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
and was kept as a festival; and indeed
according to the Jewish
writersF17Megillath Thainith
c. 3. apud Selden. de Synedr. l. 3. c.
13. sect. 12.
it was annually observed on the seventh of Elul
or August; it
was on the twenty fifth of that month that the wall was finished
Nehemiah 6:15
but
the gates were not set up
and all things for the dedication were not ready
till Elul
or August
following; and then all being finished
they made and
served the seventh of that month as a festival:
they sought the
Levites out of all their places
to bring them to Jerusalem
to keep the
dedication with gladness;
to assist in the solemnity
of the day both with vocal and instrumental music
as follows:
both with thanksgiving
and with singing;
with songs of praise and
thankfulness vocally
that they had been able
notwithstanding all the malice
of their enemies
to build the wall in so short a time; or with a song
perhaps
the thirtieth psalm was sung on this occasion:
with cymbals
psalteries
and with harps;
some playing on one
and
some on another
which were the three principal instruments of music used by
them
see 1 Chronicles 15:16.
Nehemiah 12:28.
And
the sons of the singers gathered together from the countryside around
Jerusalem
from the villages of the Netophathites
YLT 28and sons of the singers are
gathered together even from the circuit round about Jerusalem
and from the
villages of Netophathi
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.
Nehemiah 12:29.
from
the house of Gilgal
and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers
had built themselves villages all around Jerusalem.
YLT 29and from the house of
Gilgal
and from fields of Geba and Azmaveth
for villages have the singers
built for themselves round about Jerusalem;
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 be near
it
to do their duty when required; by which it appears that the said places
were near Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 12:30.
Then
the priests and Levites purified themselves
and purified the people
the
gates
and the wall.
YLT 30and the priests and the
Levites are cleansed
and they cleanse the people
and the gates
and the wall.
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.
Nehemiah 12:31.
So
I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall
and appointed two large
thanksgiving choirs. One went to the right hand on the wall toward the
Refuse Gate.
YLT 31And I bring up the heads of
Judah upon the wall
and appoint two great thanksgiving companies and
processions. At the right
on the wall
to the dung-gate;
Then I brought
up the princes of Judah upon the wall
....
Which was so broad as to
walk upon it
and there was a procession of the princes on it at its
dedication
and here is described the manner of it; the princes of Benjamin
must be included here:
and appointed
two great companies of them that gave thanks;
he divided the people who
were met together to praise God on this occasion into two companies: whereof
one went on the
right hand upon the wall;
that is
on the southern
part of it:
towards the
dung gate;
of which see Nehemiah 2:13 some
Jewish writers
as Jarchi and Ben Melech
give a different sense of שתי תודות
which we render
"two companies"
and take them to be two eucharistical loaves of
leavened bread
with which a rite or ceremony was performed at the enlargement
of a court or city; at the utmost boundary of which those were carried
and one
was eaten and the other burntF18Miss. Shebuot
c. 2. sect. 2. &
Maimon
& Bartenora in ib. ; which rite is thus described by MaimonidesF19Hilchot
Beth-habechirah
c. 6. sect. 12. Vid. Selden. de Synedr. l. 3. c. 13. sect. 6.
"how do they add to a city? the sanhedrim make two eucharistical
sacrifices
and they take the leavened bread in them
and the sanhedrim go
after the two eucharistical sacrifices
which follow one another
and they
stand with harps
and psalteries
and cymbals
at every corner and at every
stone in Jerusalem
and say
I will extol thee
for thou hast lifted up
&c. (#Ps 30:1) until they come
to the end of the place they consecrate
there they stand and eat the thanksgiving
loaf
one of the two
and the other is burnt.'
Nehemiah 12:32.
After
them went Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah
YLT 32and after them goeth
Hoshaiah
and half of the heads of Judah
And after them
went Hoshaiah
and half of the princes of Judah.
The other half of them
with Hoshaiah at the head of them.
Nehemiah 12:33.
and
Azariah
Ezra
Meshullam
YLT 33and Azariah
Ezra
and
Meshullam
And Azariah
Ezra
and Meshullam.
Not Ezra the priest and
the scribe
for he has another place assigned him in this procession
Nehemiah 12:36
but
this seems to be one of the princes.
Nehemiah 12:34.
Judah
Benjamin
Shemaiah
Jeremiah
YLT 34Judah
and Benjamin
and
Shemaiah
and Jeremiah;
Judah and
Benjamin
....
Not the tribes
but the
names of the two princes
as Jarchi:
and Shemaiah
and Jeremiah;
who were two others.
Nehemiah 12:35.
and
some of the priests’ sons with trumpets—Zechariah the son of Jonathan
the son
of Shemaiah
the son of Mattaniah
the son of Michaiah
the son of Zaccur
the
son of Asaph
YLT 35and of the sons of the
priests with trumpets
Zechariah son of Jonathan
son of Shemaiah
son of
Mattaniah
son of Michaiah
son of Zaccur
son of Asaph
And certain of
the priests' sons with trumpets
....
To blow with on this
occasion; for these the priests sounded: namely:
Zechariah the
son of Jonathan
the son of Shemaiah
the son of Mattaniah
the son of
Michaiah
the son of Zaccur
the son of Asaph;
not the Levite
but a
priest of this name.
Nehemiah 12:36.
and
his brethren
Shemaiah
Azarel
Milalai
Gilalai
Maai
Nethanel
Judah
and
Hanani
with the musical instruments of David the man of God. Ezra the scribe went
before them.
YLT 36and his brethren Shemaiah
and Azarael
Milalai
Gilalai
Maai
Nethaneel
and Judah
Hanani
with
instruments of song of David the man of God
and Ezra the scribe [is] before
them;
And his
brethren
....
The brethren of Zechariah
the priest's son
and such are those that follow:
Shemaiah
and
Azarael
Milalai
Gilalai
Maai
Nethaneel
and Judah
Hanani
with the musical
instruments of David the man of God;
which were invented by
him
and ordered by him to be used in religious service
under the divine
direction:
and Ezra the
scribe before them;
for he being a priest
also
and a man of great eminence
was placed at the head of them in this
procession.
Nehemiah 12:37.
By
the Fountain Gate
in front of them
they went up the stairs of the City of
David
on the stairway of the wall
beyond the house of David
as far as the
Water Gate eastward.
YLT 37and by the gate of the
fountain and over-against them
they have gone up by the steps of the city of
David
at the going up of the wall beyond the house of David
and unto the
water-gate eastward.
And at the
fountain gate
which was over against them
....
Of which see Nehemiah 2:14 and
which was to the south of the dung gate:
they went up;
that is
one of the two
companies
that which took to the right on the wall
Nehemiah 12:31 with
which these words are to be connected:
by the stairs
of the city of David;
which went up to the city
of Zion
built on an eminence:
at the going up
of the wall
above the house of David;
where the wall was higher
and there was an ascent to it:
even unto the
water gate eastward;
of which see Nehemiah 3:26
turning from the south to the east
and so drew nigh the temple.
Nehemiah 12:38.
The
other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way
and I was behind
them with half of the people on the wall
going past the Tower of the Ovens as
far as the Broad Wall
YLT 38And the second thanksgiving
company that is going over-against
and I after it
and half of the people on
the wall from beyond the tower of the furnaces and unto the broad wall
And the other
company of them that gave thanks went over against them
....
On the left hand
on the
northern part of the wall:
and I after
them;
Nehemiah
he brought up
the rear of his company
as Ezra led the van of his:
and the half of
the people upon the wall;
the chief of them
for all
could not walk upon it:
from beyond the
tower of the furnaces;
where they baked their
bread
or their bricks
see Nehemiah 3:11
even unto the
broad wall;
where the wall was broader
than common
for some reason or another
see Nehemiah 3:8.
Nehemiah 12:39.
and
above the Gate of Ephraim
above the Old Gate
above the Fish Gate
the Tower
of Hananel
the Tower of the Hundred
as far as the Sheep Gate; and they
stopped by the Gate of the Prison.
YLT 39and from beyond the gate of
Ephraim
and by the old-gate
and by the fish-gate
and the tower of Hananeel
and the tower of Meah
and unto the sheep-gate -- and they have stood at the
prison-gate.
And from above
the gate of Ephraim
....
The gate which led to the
tribe of Ephraim
where that tribe formerly dwelt
see Nehemiah 8:16
and above the
old gate;
of which mention is made
Nehemiah 3:6
and above the
fish gate
and the tower of Hananeel
and the tower of Meah
even unto the
sheep gate;
of all which see Nehemiah 3:1
and
they stood still in the prison gate; which was not a gate of the city
but of
the court of the prison
Nehemiah 3:25
which was near both the king's palace and the temple
see Jeremiah 20:1.
Nehemiah 12:40.
So
the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God
likewise I and the half
of the rulers with me;
YLT 40And the two thanksgiving
companies stand in the house of God
and I and half of the prefects with me
So stood the
two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God
....
Having made their
procession on the wall in different ways
they met in the temple
that is
in
the great court of it
for no other would hold them:
and I
and the
half of the rulers with me;
Nehemiah
and the other
half with Hoshaiah
Nehemiah 12:32.
Nehemiah 12:41.
and
the priests
Eliakim
Maaseiah
Minjamin
[j] Michaiah
Elioenai
Zechariah
and Hananiah
with trumpets;
YLT 41and the priests
Eliakim
Maaseiah
Miniamin
Michaiah
Elioenai
Zechariah
Hananiah
with trumpets
And the priests
....
They stood there also
whose names follow:
Eliakim
Maaseiah
Miniamin
Michaiah
Elioenai
Zechariah
and Hananiah
with trumpets;
to sound on this occasion.
Nehemiah 12:42.
also
Maaseiah
Shemaiah
Eleazar
Uzzi
Jehohanan
Malchijah
Elam
and Ezer. The
singers sang loudly with Jezrahiah the director.
YLT 42and Masseiah
and Shemaiah
and Eleazar
and Uzzi
and Jehohanan
and Malchijah
and Elam
and Ezer
and
the singers sound
and Jezrahiah the inspector;
And Maaseiah
and Shemaiah
and Eleazar
and Uzzi
and Jehohanan
and Malchijah
and Elam
and Ezer
....
These seem to be all
priests that blew the trumpets:
and the singers
sang loud
with Jezrahiah their overseer;
these were the Levites
that sung the songs of praise vocally
and raised their voices very high
Jezrahiah being precentor
who led the tune
as well as played on instruments.
Nehemiah 12:43.
Also
that day they offered great sacrifices
and rejoiced
for God had made them
rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced
so that the
joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off.
YLT 43and they sacrifice on that
day great sacrifices and rejoice
for God hath made them rejoice [with] great
joy
and also
the women and the children have rejoiced
and the joy of
Jerusalem is heard -- unto a distance.
Also that day
they offered great sacrifices
and rejoiced
....
Or many sacrifices
as Ben
Melech interprets it; and these perhaps of the larger sort of cattle
oxen; and
which
at least many of them
being peace offerings
the people feasted on
them
so that it was a festival day:
for God had
made them rejoice with great joy;
on account of the wall
being set up all around
and so were in greater safety from their enemies:
the wives also
and the children rejoiced;
while the priests blew the
trumpets
and the singers sung and played on their instruments
the women and
children gave loud shouts for joy:
so that the joy
of Jerusalem was heard even afar off;
as at the laying of the
foundation of the temple
Ezra 3:13.
Nehemiah 12:44.
And
at the same time some were appointed over the rooms of the storehouse for the
offerings
the firstfruits
and the tithes
to gather into them from the fields
of the cities the portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites;
for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who ministered.
YLT 44And certain are appointed
on that day over the chambers for treasures
for heave-offerings
for
first-fruits
and for tithes
to gather into them out of the fields of the
cities the portions of the law for priests
and for Levites
for the joy of
Judah [is] over the priests
and over the Levites
who are standing up.
And at that
time were some appointed over the chamber for the treasuries
....
On the selfsame day the
dedication was; while the people were in a good disposition
and a suitable
frame for such service
certain persons from among the priests were appointed
to be overseers of the chambers fixed upon for treasuries
to lay up safe in
them the following things
and take care of them
that they were put to the use
for which they were designed:
for the
offerings
for the first fruits
and for the tithes
to gather into them out of
the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites;
what by the law of God
were assigned them for their maintenance
and which the people had lately bound
themselves to bring in
Nehemiah 10:35
for Judah
rejoiced for the priests
and for the Levites that waited;
at the temple
and
performed their services there; they were so pleased with their ministrations
that day
that they were determined to take care of them
and provide well for
them
and that nothing should be wanting to them
enjoined by the law of God
and that they might not be obliged to dwell in fields and villages for the sake
of their living
Nehemiah 12:28.
Nehemiah 12:45.
Both
the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God and the charge of
the purification
according to the command of David and Solomon his son.
YLT 45And the singers and the
gatekeepers keep the charge of their God
even the charge of the cleansing --
according to the command of David [and] Solomon his son
And both the
singers and the porters kept the ward of their God
and the ward of their
purification
....
The singers kept their
turns in course in the temple
and were not wanting to officiate on all
occasions
besides morning and evening services; and the porters they
diligently kept the gates of the temple
that no impure person or thing in a
ceremonial sense entered:
according to
the commandment of David
and Solomon his son;
who made very good rules
and orders relative to the better and more regular performance of service by
them; see 1 Chronicles 25:1.
Nehemiah 12:46.
For
in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chiefs of the singers
and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
YLT 46for in the days of David
and Asaph of old [were] heads of the singers
and a song of praise and
thanksgiving to God.
For in the days
of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers
....
Persons appointed over the
rest to instruct them
and see that they did their work aright
as besides
Asaph
Haman
and Jeduthun
and their sons
1 Chronicles 25:2
and songs of
praise and thanksgiving unto God;
such were made by them
some under divine inspiration
which bear the names of David and Asaph
as may
be observed in the book of Psalms.
Nehemiah 12:47.
In
the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the portions
for the singers and the gatekeepers
a portion for each day. They also
consecrated holy things for the Levites
and the Levites consecrated them
for the children of Aaron.
YLT 47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel
and in
the days of Nehemiah
are giving the portions of the singers
and of the
gatekeepers
the matter of a day in its day
and are sanctifying to the
Levites
and the Levites are sanctifying to the sons of Aaron.
And all Israel
in the days of Zerubbabel
and in the days of Nehemiah
gave the portions of
the singers and the porters every day his portion
....
While these two men
governed they did their duty
and punctually paid the Levites their dues at the
proper season:
and they
sanctified holy things unto the Levites;
set them apart for their
use
and brought them to them
their offerings
firstfruits
and tithes: and
the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron; the Levites set apart
the tenth part of the tithes
and delivered them to the priests
and so each
had what belonged to them.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New
King James Version (NKJV)
a.
Nehemiah 12:4
Or Ginnethon (compare verse 16)
b.
Nehemiah 12:14
Or Malluch (compare verse 2)
c.Nehemiah 12:14
Or Shechaniah (compare verse 3)
d.
Nehemiah 12:15
Or Rehum (compare verse 3)
e.
Nehemiah 12:15
Or Meremoth (compare verse 3)
f.
Nehemiah 12:17
Or Mijamin (compare verse 5)
g.
Nehemiah 12:17
Or Maadiah (compare verse 5)
h.
Nehemiah 12:20
Or Sallu (compare verse 7)
i.
Nehemiah 12:26
Spelled Jehozadak in 1 Chronicles 6:14
j.
Nehemiah 12:41
Or Mijamin (compare verse 5)