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Nehemiah 10:8

in Nehemiah 10

Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.

KJV

Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

This verse in Nehemiah 10

Commentary

1 note on this verse

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.

The words behind it

5 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • מַֽעַזְיָ֥הMaaziah

    maazyahH4590

  • בִלְגַּ֖יBilgai

    vilgaiH1084

  • שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑הShemaiah

    shema'yahH809841 times

  • אֵ֖לֶּהthese

    ʾelehH428746 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ ס[were] the priests

    hakohanimH3548750 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 12:42

    and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 81:1

      Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

    • Psalms 95:1

      Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!

    • Isaiah 12:5–6

      Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth.

    • Psalms 100:1–2

      Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.

    • Nehemiah 11:14

      Amashai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer; and his associates—128 mighty men of valor. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim was their overseer.

  • Through

    Ezra 10:21

    From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.

    it leads to

  • Through

    Nehemiah 3:29

    Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 19:2

      and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,

About Nehemiah

Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.