Nehemiah 12:34
in Nehemiah 12Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
KJV
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
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This verse in Nehemiah 12
Commentary
5 notes on this verseJudah and Benjamin,.... Not the tribes, but the names of the two princes, as Jarchi: and Shemaiah and Jeremiah; who were two others.
This 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
Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah
Gill, following Jarchi, reads Judah and Benjamin as two princes of those names, standing in a list of men. Shemaiah and Jeremiah follow as two more princes. Jeremiah is also a priestly house at 12:1.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
“Judah and Benjamin” are the lay people of those two tribes.
The words behind it
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוּדָה֙ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן | uvinyamin | and Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֖ה | ushema'yah | and Shemaiah | H8098 → | 41 times |
| וְיִרְמְיָֽה׃ ס | veyirmeyah | and Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
יְהוּדָה֙Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וּבִנְיָמִ֔ןand Benjamin
uvinyaminH1144 →166 times
וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֖הand Shemaiah
ushema'yahH8098 →41 times
וְיִרְמְיָֽה׃ סand Jeremiah
veyirmeyahH3414 →147 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Nehemiah
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonLate monarchy / ExileJeremiahPriest of Anathoth called before birth to uproot and to plant; the weeping prophet of Jerusalem's fall who bought a field in the s…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & 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 John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.