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Nehemiah 12:26

in Nehemiah 12

They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

This verse in Nehemiah 12

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak,.... Who was high priest in Babylon, and whose grandson was now high priest in the time referred to: and in the days of Nehemiah the governor; the writer of this book: and of Ezra the priest, the scribe; who was contemporary with him.

This site's exposition

Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel

on Nehemiah 12:24-26

The chief Levites lead the praise "as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God." Verse 26 dates the roster by three men together, Joiakim the high priest, "Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe."

This site's exposition

in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua

Gill identifies Jozadak as the high priest in Babylon, so the line runs from the captivity through Jeshua of the return to Joiakim. Ezra 10:18 also names Jeshua son of Jozadak, whose descendants had married foreign women. The verse spans three high priests.

The words behind it

13 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.

  • אֵ֕לֶּהthese

    ʾelehH428 →746 times

  • בִּימֵ֛י[were] in [the] days of

    bimeiH3117 →2304 times

  • יוֹיָקִ֥יםJoiakim

    yoyakimH3113 →4 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • יֵשׁ֖וּעַJeshua

    yeshua'H3442 →29 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • יוֹצָדָ֑קJozadak

    yotzadakH3136 →

  • וּבִימֵי֙and in [the] days of

    uvimeiH3117 →2304 times

  • נְחֶמְיָ֣הNehemiah

    nechemyahH5166 →8 times

  • הַפֶּחָ֔הthe governor

    hapechahH6346 →28 times

  • וְעֶזְרָ֥אand Ezra

    veezra'H5830 →22 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • הַסּוֹפֵֽר׃ פthe scribe

    hasoferH5608 →159 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

    Ezra 7:6

    this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for…

    it leads to

    • Ezra 8:22

      For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God…

    • Ezra 7:28

      and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the…

    • Ezra 8:31

      On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands…

    • Nehemiah 2:18

      I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this…

    • Matthew 28:20

      and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

  • Through

    Nehemiah 8:9

    Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 12:12

      And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

    • Nehemiah 7:65

      The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

    • Nehemiah 7:70

      Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

Where this verse is studied

About Nehemiah

This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.