Nehemiah 12:41
in Nehemiah 12as well as the priests with their trumpets—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah—
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
KJV
And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
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This verse in Nehemiah 12
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai
on Nehemiah 12:41-43
Seven priests sound trumpets and the singers, led by their overseer Jezrahiah, sing loud enough that the chapter records it. Great sacrifices follow, and verse forty-three names the source of the day's joy plainly: God had made them rejoice, not the choir or the wall itself, and the joy reaches wives and children both, a household celebration rather than a leaders' ceremony. The joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off, and Spurgeon preached this verse alongside the joy of the Lord is your strength from chapter 8 as one sermon, the strength and the sound of the same joy.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the priests,.... They stood there also, whose names follow: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; to sound on this occasion.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It also contained the temple which was hallowed by the manifestation of His presence, and anew set apart to His service. It was on these accounts that Jerusalem was called "the holy city," and by this public and solemn act of religious observance, after a long period of neglect and desecration, it was, as it were, restored to its rightful proprietor.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֡ים | vehakohanim | and the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֶלְיָקִ֡ים | ʾelyakim | Eliakim | H471 → | |
| מַעֲשֵׂיָ֡ה | maaseyah | Maaseiah | H4641 → | 23 times |
| מִ֠נְיָמִין | minyamin | Miniamin | H4509 → | |
| מִיכָיָ֧ה | mikhayah | Micaiah | H4320 → | |
| אֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֛י | ʾelyoeinai | Elioenai | H454 → | |
| זְכַרְיָ֥ה | zekharyah | Zechariah | H2148 → | 43 times |
| חֲנַנְיָ֖ה | chananyah | Hananiah | H2608 → | 29 times |
| בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ | bachatzotzerot | with trumpets | H2689 → |
וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֡יםand the priests
vehakohanimH3548 →750 times
אֶלְיָקִ֡יםEliakim
ʾelyakimH471 →
מַעֲשֵׂיָ֡הMaaseiah
maaseyahH4641 →23 times
מִ֠נְיָמִיןMiniamin
minyaminH4509 →
מִיכָיָ֧הMicaiah
mikhayahH4320 →
אֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֛יElioenai
ʾelyoeinaiH454 →
זְכַרְיָ֥הZechariah
zekharyahH2148 →43 times
חֲנַנְיָ֖הHananiah
chananyahH2608 →29 times
בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃with trumpets
bachatzotzerotH2689 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Nehemiah
This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People (Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, No. 1027); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).