Nehemiah 12:24 - Forerunner Commentary

Nehemiah 12:24

22 During the reign of Darius the Persian, a record was also kept of the Levites and priests who had been ^aheads of their fathers’ houses in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua.

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 ^achronicles.

24 And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them, to ^apraise and give thanks, ^bgroup alternating with group, ^caccording to the command of David the man of God.

25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storerooms of the gates.

26 These lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah ^athe governor, and of Ezra the priest, ^bthe scribe.

Nehemiah Dedicates the Wall

27 Now at ^athe 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, ^bboth with thanksgivings and singing, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps.

28 And the sons of the singers gathered together from the countryside around Jerusalem, from the ^avillages of the Netophathites,

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Definitions of words in Nehemiah 12:24:

David {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
David {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
David {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Give {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hashabiah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hashabiah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Hashabiah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jeshua {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jeshua {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Jeshua {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Kadmiel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Kadmiel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Kadmiel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Levites {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Man {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Man {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sherebiah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sherebiah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Sherebiah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Nehemiah 12:24:

Nehemiah, Book of {Easton's}
Chronicles, Books Of {I.S.B.E.}

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