Nehemiah 12:8
in Nehemiah 12The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
KJV
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
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This verse in Nehemiah 12
Commentary
5 notes on this verseMoreover the Levites,.... Who lived in the same times: were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah; most of these are made mention of in Neh 8:7, the last of them is said to be over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren; he was the precentor, or had the directing and conducting of the songs of the temple, particularly the thanksgiving song at the daily sacrifices; Jarchi takes the word here used to be the name of a musical instrument.
This site's exposition
went up with Zerubbabel
on Nehemiah 12:1-9
The register opens with the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua, the return generation named by father's house the same way Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7 name the laity. Twenty-two priestly names stand against the twenty-four courses David ordered in 1 Chronicles 24, a gap the commentators trace to two courses that had died out in Babylon and never returned. Mattaniah is named over the thanksgiving and Bakbukiah and Unni keep the watches opposite their brethren, the singing and guarding already running in the alternating courses David set.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
) that he was over the thanksgiving, that is, he was entrusted to see that the psalms, the thanksgiving psalms, were constantly sung in the temple in due time and manner.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Of the Levitical houses here mentioned, three only returned at first, those of Jeshua, Kadmiel, and Judah or Hodevah Neh 7:43. The others must have returned subsequently.
Over the thanksgiving - The principal singers: See on Neh 11:17 (note).
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַלְוִיִּ֗ם | vehalviyim | and the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| יֵשׁ֧וּעַ | yeshua' | Jeshua | H3442 → | 29 times |
| בִּנּ֛וּי | binui | Binnui | H1131 → | 7 times |
| קַדְמִיאֵ֥ל | kadmiel | Kadmiel | H6934 → | 8 times |
| שֵׁרֵבְיָ֖ה | shereveyah | Sherebiah | H8274 → | 8 times |
| יְהוּדָ֣ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| מַתַּנְיָ֑ה | matanyah | Mattaniah | H4983 → | 16 times |
| עַֽל־ | ʾal- | [were] over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הֻיְּד֖וֹת | hyedot | songs of thanksgiving | H1960 → | |
| ה֥וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְאֶחָֽיו׃ | veechav | and brothers his | H251 → | 630 times |
וְהַלְוִיִּ֗םand the Levites
vehalviyimH3881 →291 times
יֵשׁ֧וּעַJeshua
yeshua'H3442 →29 times
בִּנּ֛וּיBinnui
binuiH1131 →7 times
קַדְמִיאֵ֥לKadmiel
kadmielH6934 →8 times
שֵׁרֵבְיָ֖הSherebiah
shereveyahH8274 →8 times
יְהוּדָ֣הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
מַתַּנְיָ֑הMattaniah
matanyahH4983 →16 times
עַֽל־[were] over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הֻיְּד֖וֹתsongs of thanksgiving
hyedotH1960 →
ה֥וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וְאֶחָֽיו׃and brothers his
veechavH251 →630 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 11:17Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–6
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 9:15
Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
- 1 Chronicles 16:41
With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”
- Nehemiah 12:31
Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving choirs. One was to proceed along the top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17–18
Pray without ceasing.
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–6
Through
Nehemiah 11:22Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the…
it leads to
- Nehemiah 12:42
and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.
- Ezra 8:19
also Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.
- Nehemiah 12:42
Through
Nehemiah 12:24The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other,…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–26
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list…
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–26
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
