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10:1 On <05921> the sealed <02856> documents were the following names: Nehemiah <05166> the governor <08660>, son <01121> of Hacaliah <02446>, along with Zedekiah <06667>, 10:2 Seraiah <08304>, Azariah <05838>, Jeremiah <03414>, 10:3 Pashhur <06583>, Amariah <0568>, Malkijah <04441>, 10:4 Hattush <02407>, Shebaniah <07645>, Malluch <04409>, 10:5 Harim <02766>, Meremoth <04822>, Obadiah <05662>, 10:6 Daniel <01840>, Ginnethon <01599>, Baruch <01263>, 10:7 Meshullam <04918>, Abijah <029>, Mijamin <04326>, 10:8 Maaziah <04590>, Bilgai <01084>, and Shemaiah <08098>. These <0428> were the priests <03548>. 10:9 The Levites <03881> were as follows: Jeshua <03442> son <01121> of Azaniah <0245>, Binnui <01131> of the sons <01121> of Henadad <02582>, Kadmiel <06934>. 10:10 Their colleagues <0251> were as follows: Shebaniah <07645>, Hodiah <01940>, Kelita <07042>, Pelaiah <06411>, Hanan <02605>, 10:11 Mica <04316>, Rehob <07340>, Hashabiah <02811>, 10:12 Zaccur <02139>, Sherebiah <08274>, Shebaniah <07645>, 10:13 Hodiah <01940>, Bani <01137>, and Beninu <01148>. 10:14 The leaders <07218> of the people <05971> were as follows: Parosh <06551>, Pahath-Moab <06355>, Elam <05867>, Zattu <02240>, Bani <01137>, 10:15 Bunni <01138>, Azgad <05803>, Bebai <0893>, 10:16 Adonijah <0138>, Bigvai <0902>, Adin <05720>, 10:17 Ater <0333>, Hezekiah <02396>, Azzur <05809>, 10:18 Hodiah <01940>, Hashum <02828>, Bezai <01209>, 10:19 Hariph <02756>, Anathoth <06068>, Nebai <05109>, 10:20 Magpiash <04047>, Meshullam <04918>, Hezir <02387>, 10:21 Meshezabel <04898>, Zadok <06659>, Jaddua <03037>,

• Neh 9:38--10:39 -- The People Pledge to be Faithful

• Shebaniah

  [ebd] whom Jehovah hides, or has made grow up. (1.) A Levite appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark of God (1 Chr. 15:24). (2.) Another Levite (Neh. 9:4, 5). (3.) A priest (Neh. 10:12). (4.) A Levite (Neh. 10:4).
  [isbe] SHEBANIAH - sheb-a-ni'-a, she-ban'-ya (shebhanyah, in 1 Ch 15:24, shebhanyahu): (1) Name of a Levite or a Levitical family that participated in the religious rites that followed the reading of the Law (Neh 9:4). The name is ...
  [smith] (increased by Jehovah). A Levite in the time of Ezra. (Nehemiah 9:4,5) He sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:10) (B.C. 459.) A priest or priestly family who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:4; 12:...
  [nave] SHEBANIAH 1. A priest in the time of David, 1 Chr. 15:24. 2. A Levite who joined Nehemiah in covenant, Neh. 9:4, 5; 10:10. 3. A priest who joined Nehemiah in covenant, Neh. 10:4; 12:14. 4. A Levite who joined Nehemiah in ...
  

• SHECANIAH; SHECHANIAH

  [isbe] SHECANIAH; SHECHANIAH - shek-a-ni'-a, shekan'-ya (shekhanyah (in 1 Ch 24:11; 2 Ch 31:15, shekhanyahu); Codex Vaticanus Ischania, Sekenia): (1) A descendant of Zerubbabel (1 Ch 3:21,22). This is the same Shecaniah mentioned i...
  

• Priest

  [nave] PRIEST. Before Moses Melchizedek, Gen. 14:18; Heb. 5:6, 10, 11; 6:20; 7:1-21. Jethro, Ex. 2:16. Priests in Israel before the giving of the law, Ex. 19:22, 24. Called angel, Eccl. 5:6. Mosaic Ex. 28:1-4; 29:9, 44; Num....
  

• PASHHUR, PASHUR

  [isbe] PASHHUR, PASHUR - pash'-hur, pash'-ur (pashchur, "splitter," "cleaver"): The name of several persons difficult to individuate: (1) A priest, son of Immer, and "chief governor in the house of the Lord" (Jer 20:1), who persecu...
  

• Nehemiah

  [isbe] NEHEMIAH - ne-he-mi'-a, ne-hem-i'-a (nechemyah, "comforted of Yah"): 1. Family 2. Youth 3. King's Cupbearer 4. Governor of Judea 5. Death LITERATURE Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah, is the Jewish patriot whose life is recorded...
  [nave] NEHEMIAH 1. Son of Hachaliah, Neh. 1:1. Cupbearer of Artaxerxes, Neh. 1:11; 2:1. Is grieved over the desolation of his country, Neh. 1. Is sent by the king to rebuild Jerusalem, Neh. 2:1-8. Register of the people whom he...
  

• Miamin

  [ebd] =Mijamin, from the right hand. (1.) The head of one of the divisions of the priests (1 Chr. 24:9). (2.) A chief priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:5), called Mijamin (10:7) and Miniamin (12:17).
  

• Meshullam

  [isbe] MESHULLAM - me-shul'-am (meshullam, "resigned" or "devoted"; compare Arabic Muslim; Mesollam): An Old Testament name very common in post-exilic times. (1) The grandfather of Shaphan (2 Ki 22:3). (2) A son of Zerubbabel (1 Ch...
  [smith] (friend). Ancestor of Shaphan the scribe. (2 Kings 22:3) The son of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:19) A Gadite in the reign of Jotham king of Judah. (1 Chronicles 5:13) A Benjamite, of the sons of Elpaal. (1 Chroni...
  [nave] MESHULLAM 1. Grandfather of Shaphan, 2 Kin. 22:3. 2. A son of Zerubbabel, 1 Chr. 3:19. 3. A Gadite of Bashan, 1 Chr. 5:13. 4. Three Benjamites, 1 Chr. 8:17; 9:7, 8. 5. An Aaronite, 1 Chr. 9:11; Neh. 11:11. 6. A priest, ...
  

• Levites

  [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...
  

• KELITA

  [ebd] dwarf, a Levite who assisted Ezra in expounding the law to the people (Neh. 8:7; 10:10).
  [smith] (assembly), one of the Levites who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 10:23) He assisted in expounding the law. (Nehemiah 8:7) and signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:10) (B.C. 459-410).
  

• JEREMIAH

  [smith] Seven other persons bearing the same name as the prophet are mentioned in the Old Testament:-- Jeremiah of Libnah, father of Hamutal wife of Josiah. (2 Kings 23:31) (B.C. before 632.) 2,3,4. Three warriors --two of the tr...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Hodiah

  [nave] HODIAH, called also Hodijah. 1. Wife of Ezra, 1 Chr. 4:19. 2. A Levite, Neh. 8:7; 9:5; 10:10, 13. 3. An Israelite chief, Neh. 10:18.
  

• Hobah

  [ebd] hiding-place, a place to the north of Damascus, to which Abraham pursued Chedorlaomer and his confederates (Gen. 14:15).
  

• Hizkijah

  [ebd] (Neh. 10:17), one who sealed the covenant.
  

• HODIJAH

  [smith] (majesty of Jehovah). A Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 8:7) and probably also (Nehemiah 9:5; 10:10) (B.C. 410.) Another Levite at the same time. (Nehemiah 10:13) A layman; one of the "heads" of the people...
  

• HODIAH; HODIJAH

  [isbe] HODIAH; HODIJAH - ho-di'-a, ho-di'-ja (hodhiyah, "splendor of Yah"): (1) A brother-in-law of Naham (1 Ch 4:19), and possibly for that reason reckoned a member of the tribe of Judah. the King James Version translate "his wife...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• Decision

  [nave] DECISION. Deut. 30:19; Josh. 23:8. Josh. 24:15; 1 Sam. 12:20; 1 Kin. 18:21; Psa. 37:34; Psa. 69:13; Prov. 4:25-27; Isa. 50:7; Matt. 24:13 Mark 13:13; Matt. 10:22. Matt. 25:23; Luke 7:23 Matt. 11:6. John 8:31; John 15:4, 5, ...
  

• Covenant

  [nave] COVENANT Sacred, Josh. 9:18-21; Gal. 3:15. Binding, Josh. 9:18-20; Jer. 34:8-21; Ezek. 17:14-18; Gal. 3:15. Binding, not only on those who make them, but on those who are represented, Deut. 29:14, 15. Blood of, Ex. 24:8. ...
  

• Azur and Azzur

  [ebd] helper. (1.) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1). (2.) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. 11:1). (3.) One of those who sealed the covenant with Jehovah on the return from Babylon (Neh. 10:17).
  

• The Agreement of the People

  

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