Nehemiah 12:15

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.

12. in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers—As there had been priests in the days of Jeshua, so in the time of Joiakim, the son and successor of Jeshua, the sons of those persons filled the priestly office in the place of their fathers, some of whom were still alive, though many were dead.

Nehemiah 12:12-21 contains the list of the priestly houses and their heads, which has been already explained in conjunction with that in Nehemiah 12:1-7 . Nehemiah 12:22-26 . The list of the heads of the Levites, Nehemiah 12:22 and Nehemiah 12:24 , is, according to Nehemiah 12:26 , that of the days of Joiakim, and of the days of Nehemiah and Ezra. Whence it follows, that it does not apply only to the time of Joiakim; for though Ezra might indeed have come to Jerusalem in the latter days of Joiakim's high-priesthood, yet Nehemiah's arrival found his successor Eliashib already in office, and the statements of Nehemiah 12:22 and Nehemiah 12:23 must be understood accordingly.

[Bible] 12:15. Of Haram, Edna: of Maraioth, Helci: 12:16. Of Adaia, Zacharia: of Genthon, Mosollam: 12:17. Of Abia, Zechri: of Miamin and Moadia, Phelti: 12:18. Of Belga, Sammua of Semaia, Jonathan: 12:19. Of Joiarib, Mathanai: of Jodaia, Azzi: 12:20. Of Sellai, Celai: of Amoc, Heber: 12:21. Of Helcias, Hasebia: of Idaia, Nathanael. 12:22. The Levites the chiefs of the families in the days of Eliasib, and Joiada, and Johanan, and Jeddoa, were recorded, and the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian. 12:23. The sons of Levi, heads of the families were written in the book of Chronicles, even unto the days of Jonathan the son of Eliasib. 12:24. Now the chief of the Levites were Hasebia, Serebia, and Josue the son of Cedmihel: and their brethren by their courses, to praise and to give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, and to wait equally in order. 12:25. Mathania, and Becbecia, Obedia, and Mosollam, Telmon, Accub, were keepers of the gates and of the entrances before the gates. 12:26. These were in the days of Joacim the son of Josue, the son of Josedec, and in the days of Nehemias the governor, and of Esdras the priest and scribe. 12:27. And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, and to keep the dedication, and to rejoice with thanksgiving, and with singing, and with cymbals, and psalteries and harps. 12:28. And the sons of the singing men were gathered together out of the plain country about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of Nethuphati, 12:29. And from the house of Galgal, and from the countries of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singing men had built themselves villages round about Jerusalem. 12:30. And the priests and the Levites were purified, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. 12:31. And I made the princes of Juda go up upon the wall, and I appointed two great choirs to give praise. And they went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate.

NEHEMIAH 12: 12 In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; NEHEMIAH 12: 13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; NEHEMIAH 12: 14 of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; NEHEMIAH 12: 15 of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; NEHEMIAH 12: 16 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; NEHEMIAH 12: 17 of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; NEHEMIAH 12: 18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; NEHEMIAH 12: 19 and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; NEHEMIAH 12: 20 of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; NEHEMIAH 12: 21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel. NEHEMIAH 12: 22 As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian. Verse 22 Jaddua - This was probably the high priest who went in his pontifical robes, accompanied by his brethren, to meet Alexander the Great, when he was advancing towards Jerusalem, with the purpose to destroy it, after having conquered Tyre and Gaza. Alexander was so struck with the appearance of the priest, that he forbore all hostilities against Jerusalem, prostrated himself before Jaddua, worshipped the Lord at the temple, and granted many privileges to the Jews. See Josephus, Ant. lib. xi., c. 3, and Prideaux's Connections, lib. 7, p. 695.

Here that clause, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve , is to be understood, as it is expressed in all the following verses, otherwise they do not make up that number of two hundred and eighty-eight mentioned 1Ch_25:7. ## To Gedaliah, who, Heb. he ; which word being here expressed, is rightly understood and supplied in the rest. 1 Chronicles 25:10 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:11 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:12 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:13 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:14 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:15 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:16 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:17 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:18 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:19 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:20 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:21 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:22 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:23 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:24 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:26 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:27 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:28 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:29 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:30 No text from Poole on this verse. 1 Chronicles 25:31 No text from Poole on this verse.

of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; of Hilkijah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. of the Levites, the chief fathers were recorded in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, and the priests, until the reign of Darius the Persian. The children of Levi, the chief fathers, were recorded in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. And the chief 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 against ward. Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were doorkeepers keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates. These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to hold the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, lutes and harps. And the children of the singers were assembled, both from the plain [of Jordan] round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites, also from Beth-Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves hamlets round about Jerusalem.