Nehemiah 10:2
in Nehemiah 10Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
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Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
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Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
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This verse in Nehemiah 10
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The names are not personal, but designate families. The seal of the high-priestly house of Seraiah was probably appended either by Ezra or Eliashib, both of whom belonged to it.
This site's exposition
Nehemiah, the Tirshatha
on Nehemiah 10:1-8
Nehemiah's own name leads the list of seals, styled the Tirshatha, the Persian governor's title he already carries at 8:9 and 12:26, and named son of Hachaliah as at 1:1. Twenty-one priestly names follow him to the close of the roll at verse 8, the priesthood sealing first as it does again at the wall's dedication. Ezra's name is absent from the seals; Wesley reads sickness or some other hindrance as the reason, since the narrative meets him again at the dedication in 12:36.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And signed thereon He now proceeds to enumerate the signatories on the testimonial document of the acceptance of the commandments.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Yet, despite all this Despite all the evil that has come upon us, we are making a trust with the Holy One, blessed be He, to believe and to trust in Him.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
3 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׂרָיָ֥ה | serayah | Seraiah | H8304 → | 20 times |
| עֲזַרְיָ֖ה | ʾazaryah | Azariah | H5838 → | 49 times |
| יִרְמְיָֽה׃ | yirmeyah | Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
שְׂרָיָ֥הSeraiah
serayahH8304 →20 times
עֲזַרְיָ֖הAzariah
ʾazaryahH5838 →49 times
יִרְמְיָֽה׃Jeremiah
yirmeyahH3414 →147 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Nehemiah 12:1Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
it leads to
- Ezra 2:1–2
Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his…
- Nehemiah 10:2–8
Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
- Nehemiah 12:12–21
In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
- Ezra 2:1–2
Through
Nehemiah 11:11Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin; Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 9:11
Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;
- Ezra 7:1–5
Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- Acts 5:24
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
- 1 Chronicles 9:1
So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
- 1 Chronicles 6:7–14
Meraioth was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
- 1 Chronicles 9:11
About Nehemiah
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.