Nehemiah 12:32
in Nehemiah 12Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
KJV
And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
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This verse in Nehemiah 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
two great thanksgiving choirs
on Nehemiah 12:31-37
Nehemiah appoints "two great thanksgiving choirs," the first proceeding "to the right, toward the Dung Gate". The choir climbs "the steps of the City of David" past the house of David to the Water Gate, where Ezra had read the law. "Ezra the scribe led the procession."
This site's exposition
Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah
Hoshaiah leads the princes of the first choir, the counterpart of Nehemiah, who walks behind the second at verse 38. Gill pairs the two men at 12:40, each with half the rulers. The leaders of Judah divided evenly between the processions.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah. The other half of them, with Hoshaiah at the head of them.
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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אַחֲרֵיהֶם֙ | ʾachareihem | behind them | H310 → | 715 times |
| הוֹשַׁ֣עְיָ֔ה | hosha'yah | Hoshaiah | H1955 → | |
| וַחֲצִ֖י | vachatzi | and [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| שָׂרֵ֥י | sarei | [the] leaders of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
וַיֵּ֤לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
אַחֲרֵיהֶם֙behind them
ʾachareihemH310 →715 times
הוֹשַׁ֣עְיָ֔הHoshaiah
hosha'yahH1955 →
וַחֲצִ֖יand [the] half of
vachatziH2677 →125 times
שָׂרֵ֥י[the] leaders of
sareiH8269 →421 times
יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.