Ne 12:1
12:1 Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that {a} went
     up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua:
     Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

     (a) From Babylon to Jerusalem.

Ne 12:7
12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These [were] the {b} chief
     of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

     (b) Next in dignity to the high priests and who were of the
         stock of Aaron.

Ne 12:8
12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah,
     Judah, [and] Mattaniah, {c} [which was] over the
     thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

     (c) Had charge of them who sang the psalms.

Ne 12:9
12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over
     against them in the {d} watches.

     (d) They kept the wards and watches according to their
         turns, @2Ch 23:6.

Ne 12:12
12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the
      fathers: of {e} Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

      (e) That is, next to Seraiah or rather of the order, who
          was called after the name of Seraiah.

Ne 12:17
12:17 Of {f} Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

      (f) Of which was Zachariah, John the Baptist's father.

Ne 12:24
12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and
      Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over
      against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to
      the commandment of David the man of God, ward over {g}
      against ward.

      (g) That is, one after another and every one in his
          course.

Ne 12:28
12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together,
      both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and
      from the villages of {h} Netophathi;

      (h) Who were a certain family and had their possessions in
          the fields, @1Ch 2:54.

Ne 12:31
12:31 Then {i} I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall,
      and appointed two great [companies of them that gave]
      thanks, [whereof one] went on the right hand upon the wall
      toward the dung gate:

      (i) Meaning, Nehemiah.

Ne 12:36
12:36 And {k} his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai,
      Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the
      musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the
      scribe before them.

      (k) That is, the brass throne of Zaccur.

Ne 12:37
12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them,
      they went up by the {l} stairs of the city of David, at
      the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even
      unto the water gate eastward.

      (l) Which was going up to the mount Zion, which is called
          the city of David.

Ne 12:44
12:44 And at that time were some appointed {m} over the chambers
      for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits,
      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: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the
      Levites that waited.

      (m) Which were chambers appointed by Hezekiah to put in
          the tither, and such things, @2Ch 31:11 and now
          were repaired again for the same use.

Ne 12:47
12:47 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: and they sanctified [holy
      things] unto the Levites; and the Levites {n} sanctified
      [them] unto the children of Aaron.

      (n) That is, the tenth part of the tithes.



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