Nehemiah 12:42
in Nehemiah 12and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
KJV
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
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This verse in Nehemiah 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People A Sermon (No. 1027) Delivered on Lord’s Day Morning, December 31st, 1871, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington “The joy of the Lord is your strength.”—Nehemiah 8:10. “And the singers sang aloud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.”—Nehemiah 12:42-43.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer,.... These seem to be all priests that blew the trumpets: and the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer; these were the Levites, that sung the songs of praise vocally, and raised their voices very high, Jezrahiah being precentor, who led the tune, as well as played on instruments.
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.
The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People A Sermon (No. 1027) Delivered on Lord’s Day Morning, December 31st, 1871, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington “The joy of the Lord is your strength.”—Nehemiah 8:10. “And the singers sang aloud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.”—Nehemiah 12:42-43. LAST Sabbath day in the morning I spoke of the birth of our Saviour as being full of joy to the people of God, and, indeed, to all nations. We then looked at the joy from a distance; we will now in contemplation draw nearer to it, and perhaps as we consider it, and remark the multiplied reasons for its existence, some of those reasons may operate upon our own hearts, and we may go out of this house of prayer ourselves partakers of the exceeding great joy. We shall count it to have been a successful morning if the people of God are made to rejoice in the Lord, and especially if those who have been bowed down and burdened in soul shall receive the oil of joy for mourning. It is no mean thing to comfort the Lord’s mourners; it is a work specially dear to the Spirit of God, and, therefore, not to be lightly esteemed. Holy sorrow is precious before God, and is no bar to godly joy.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֨ה | umaaseyah | and Maaseiah | H4641 → | 23 times |
| וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜ה | ushema'yah | and Shemaiah | H8098 → | 41 times |
| וְאֶלְעָזָ֧ר | veelazar | and Eleazar | H499 → | |
| וְעֻזִּ֛י | veuzi | and Uzzi | H5813 → | 11 times |
| וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֥ן | vihochanan | and Jehohanan | H3076 → | 11 times |
| וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖ה | umalkiyah | and Malkijah | H4441 → | 16 times |
| וְעֵילָ֣ם | veeilam | and Elam | H5867 → | 28 times |
| וָעָ֑זֶר | vaazer | and Ezer | H5829 → | |
| וַיַּשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙ | vaiyashmiu | and they caused to hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים | hamshorerim | the singers | H7891 → | 86 times |
| וְיִֽזְרַחְיָ֖ה | veyizrachyah | and Izrahiah | H3156 → | |
| הַפָּקִֽיד׃ | hapakid | [was] the overseer | H6496 → | 13 times |
וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֨הand Maaseiah
umaaseyahH4641 →23 times
וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜הand Shemaiah
ushema'yahH8098 →41 times
וְאֶלְעָזָ֧רand Eleazar
veelazarH499 →
וְעֻזִּ֛יand Uzzi
veuziH5813 →11 times
וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֥ןand Jehohanan
vihochananH3076 →11 times
וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖הand Malkijah
umalkiyahH4441 →16 times
וְעֵילָ֣םand Elam
veeilamH5867 →28 times
וָעָ֑זֶרand Ezer
vaazerH5829 →
וַיַּשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙and they caused to hear
vaiyashmiuH8085 →1159 times
הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔יםthe singers
hamshorerimH7891 →86 times
וְיִֽזְרַחְיָ֖הand Izrahiah
veyizrachyahH3156 →
הַפָּקִֽיד׃[was] the overseer
hapakidH6496 →13 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
Psalms 95:1Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:4
and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
- Psalms 81:1
Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
- 2 Samuel 22:47
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
- Psalms 150:6
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
- Psalms 96:1–2
Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4
Through
Psalms 81:1Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 31:7
For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
- Psalms 66:1
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
- Psalms 100:1–2
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
- Jeremiah 31:7
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This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1027: “The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).