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12:24 And the leaders <07218> of the Levites <03881> were Hashabiah <02811>, Sherebiah <08274>, Jeshua <03442> son <01121> of Kadmiel <06934>, and their colleagues <0251>, who stood opposite <05048> them to offer praise <01984> and thanks <03034>, one contingent <04929> <04929> corresponding <05980> to the other, as specified by David <01732> the man <0376> of God <0430>. 12:25 Mattaniah <04983>, Bakbukiah <01229>, Obadiah <05662>, Meshullam <04918>, Talmon <02929>, and Akkub <06126> were gatekeepers <07778> who were guarding <04929> <08104> the storerooms <0624> at the gates <08179>. 12:26 These <0428> all served in the days <03117> of Joiakim <03113> son <01121> of Jeshua <03442>, the son <01121> of Jozadak <03136>, and in the days <03117> of Nehemiah <05166> the governor <06346> and of Ezra <05830> the priestly <03548> scribe <05608>. 12:27 At the dedication <02598> of the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389>, they sought <01245> out the Levites <03881> from all <03605> the places <04725> they lived to bring <0935> them to Jerusalem <03389> to celebrate <06213> the dedication <02598> joyfully <08057> with songs of thanksgiving <08426> and songs <07892> accompanied by cymbals <04700>, harps <05035>, and lyres <03658>. 12:28 The singers <07891> <01121> were also assembled <0622> from <04480> the district <03603> around <05439> Jerusalem <03389> and from <04480> the settlements <02691> of the Netophathites <05200> 12:29 and from Beth <01004> Gilgal <01537> and from the fields <07704> of Geba <01387> and Azmaveth <05820>, for <03588> the singers <07891> had built <01129> settlements <02691> for themselves <01992> around <05439> Jerusalem <03389>. 12:30 When the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> had purified <02891> themselves, they purified <02891> the people <05971>, the gates <08179>, and the wall <02346>. 12:31 I brought <05927> the leaders <08269> of Judah <03063> up <05927> on top <05921> of the wall <02346>, and I appointed <05975> two <08147> large <01419> choirs to give thanks <08426>. One was to proceed <08418> on the top <05921> of the wall <02346> southward <03225> toward the Dung <0830> Gate <08179>. 12:32 Going <01980> after <0310> them were Hoshaiah <01955>, half <02677> the leaders <08269> of Judah <03063>, 12:33 Azariah <05838>, Ezra <05830>, Meshullam <04918>, 12:34 Judah <03063>, Benjamin <01144>, Shemaiah <08098>, Jeremiah <03414>, 12:35 some of the priests <03548> with trumpets <02689>, Zechariah <02148> son <01121> of Jonathan <03129>, the son <01121> of Shemaiah <08098>, the son <01121> of Mattaniah <04983>, the son <01121> of Micaiah <04320>, the son <01121> of Zaccur <02139>, the son <01121> of Asaph <0623>, 12:36 and his colleagues <0251>– Shemaiah <08098>, Azarel <05832>, Milalai <04450>, Gilalai <01562>, Maai <04597>, Nethanel <05417>, Judah <03063>, and Hanani <02607>– with musical <07892> instruments <03627> of David <01732> the man <0376> of God <0430>. (Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> led <06440> them.) 12:37 They went over <05921> the Fountain <05869> Gate <08179> and continued <05927> directly <05048> up <05921> the steps <04609> of the City <05892> of David <01732> on the ascent <04608> to the wall <02346>. They passed <05921> the house <01004> of David <01732> and continued on to <05704> the Water <04325> Gate <08179> toward the east <04217>. 12:38 The second <08145> choir <08426> was proceeding <01980> in the opposite <04136> direction. I <0589> followed <0310> them, along with half <02677> the people <05971>, on top <05921> of the wall <02346>, past <05921> the Tower <04026> of the Ovens <08574> to <05704> the Broad <07342> Wall <02346>, 12:39 over <05921> the Ephraim <0669> Gate <08179>, the Jeshanah <03466> Gate <08179>, the Fish <01709> Gate <08179>, the Tower <04026> of Hananel <02606>, and the Tower <04026> of the Hundred <03968>, to <05704> the Sheep <06629> Gate <08179>. They stopped <05975> at the Gate <08179> of the Guard <04307>. 12:40 Then the two <08147> choirs <08426> that gave thanks took <05975> their stations <05975> in the temple <01004> of God <0430>. I <0589> did also, along with half <02677> the officials <05461> with <05973> me, 12:41 and the priests <03548>– Eliakim <0471>, Maaseiah <04641>, Miniamin <04509>, Micaiah <04320>, Elioenai <0454>, Zechariah <02148>, and Hananiah <02608>, with their trumpets <02689>– 12:42 and also Maaseiah <04641>, Shemaiah <08098>, Eleazar <0499>, Uzzi <05813>, Jehohanan <03076>, Malkijah <04441>, Elam <05867>, and Ezer <05829>. The choirs sang <07891> loudly <08085> under the direction <06496> of Jezrahiah <03156>. 12:43 And on that day <03117> they offered <02076> great <01419> sacrifices <02077> and rejoiced <08055> <08055>, for <03588> God <0430> had given them great <01419> joy <08057>. The women <0802> and children <03206> also <01571> rejoiced <08055>. The rejoicing <08057> in Jerusalem <03389> could be heard <08085> from far away <07350>. 12:44 On that day <03117> men <0376> were appointed <06485> over <05921> the storerooms <05393> for the contributions <08641>, first fruits <07225>, and tithes <04643>, to gather <03664> into them from the fields <07704> of the cities <05892> the portions prescribed <04521> by the law <08451> for the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881>, for <03588> the people of Judah <03063> took delight <08057> in <05921> the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> who were ministering <05975>. 12:45 They performed <08104> the service <04931> of their God <0430> and the service <04931> of purification <02893>, along with the singers <07891> and gatekeepers <07778>, according to the commandment <04687> of David <01732> and his son <01121> Solomon <08010>. 12:46 For <03588> long ago <06924>, in the days <03117> of David <01732> and Asaph <0623>, there had been directors <07218> for the singers <07891> and for the songs <07892> of praise <08416> and thanks <03034> to God <0430>. 12:47 So in the days <03117> of Zerubbabel <02216> and in the days <03117> of Nehemiah <05166>, all <03605> Israel <03478> was contributing <05414> the portions <04521> for the singers <07891> and gatekeepers <07778>, according to the daily <03117> <03117> need <01697>. They also set aside the portion <06942> for the Levites <03881>, and the Levites <03881> set aside the portion <06942> for the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>.

• Neh 12:27-47 -- The Wall of Jerusalem is Dedicated

• Ezra

  [ebd] help. (1.) A priest among those that returned to Jerusalem under Zerubabel (Neh. 12:1). (2.) The "scribe" who led the second body of exiles that returned from Babylon to Jerusalem B.C. 459, and author of the book of Scriptur...
  [nave] EZRA 1. A famous scribe and priest, Ezra 7:1-5, 6, 10, 21; Neh. 12:36. Appoints a fast, Ezra 8:21. Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large company of Jews, Ezra 7:8. His charge to the priests, Ezra 8...
  

• Zerubbabel

  [smith] (born at Babel , i.e. Babylon), the head of the tribe of Judah at the time of the return from the Babylonish captivity in the first year of Cyrus. The history of Zerabbabel in the Scriptures is as follows: In the first year o...
  [nave] ZERUBBABEL, called also Sheshbazzar. Directs the rebuilding of the altar and temple after his return from captivity in Babylon, Ezra 3:2-8; 4:2, 3; 5:2, 14-16; Hag. 1:12-14. Leads the emancipated Jews back from Babylon, Ezra...
  

• DARIUS

  [isbe] DARIUS - da-ri'-us: The name of three or four kings mentioned in the Old Testament. In the original Persian it is spelled "Darayavaush"; in Babylonian, usually "Dariamush"; in Susian(?), "Tariyamaush"; in Egyptian "Antaryuas...
  

• Nehemiah

  [ebd] comforted by Jehovah. (1.) Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7. (2.) Neh. 3:16. (3.) The son of Hachaliah (Neh. 1:1), and probably of the tribe of Judah. His family must have belonged to Jerusalem (Neh. 2:3). He was one of the "Jews of the d...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Music

  [nave] MUSIC Teachers of, 1 Chr. 15:22; 25:7, 8; 2 Chr. 23:13. Physical effect of, on people, 1 Sam. 16:15, 16, 23. Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices, 2 Chr. 29:27, 28. Precentor, Neh. 12:42. Chief musician, Neh. 12:...
  

• Jerusalem

  [smith] (the habitation of peace), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31 degrees 46? 35" north and longitude 35 degrees 18? 30" east of Greenwich. It is 32 miles distant from the sea and 18 from the Jordan, 20 from Hebron and 36 from Samar...
  [nave] JERUSALEM Called Jebus, Josh. 18:28; Judg. 19:10; Zion, 1 Kin. 8:1; Zech. 9:13; City of David, 2 Sam. 5:7; Isa. 22:9; Salem, Gen. 14:18; Psa. 76:2; Ariel, Isa. 29:1; City of God, Psa. 46:4; City of the Great King, Psa. 48:2;...
  

• Dedication

  [nave] DEDICATION Law concerning dedicated things, Lev. 27; Num. 18:14; 1 Chr. 26:26, 27. Must be without blemish, Lev. 22:18-23; Mal. 1:14. Not redeemable, Lev. 27:28, 29. Offering must be voluntary, Lev. 1:3; 22:19. See: Offe...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Shemaiah

  [ebd] whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). (2.) Neh. 3:29. (3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (4.) A priest (Neh. 12:42). (5.) A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16). (6.) 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. (7.) A Le...
  [isbe] SHEMAIAH - she-ma'-ya, she-mi'-a (shema`yah (in 2 Ch 11:2; 17:8; 31:15; 35:9; Jer 26:20; 29:24; 36:12, shema`yahu), "Jahveh hears"): The name is most frequently borne by priests, Levites and prophets. (1) Codex Vaticanus Sam...
  [smith] (heard by Jehovah). A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam?s reign. (2 Chronicles 12:5,15) The son of Shechaniah, am...
  [nave] SHEMAIAH 1. A prophet in the time of Rehoboam. Prevents Rehoboam from war with Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 12:22-24; 2 Chr. 11:2-4. Prophesies the punishment of Rehoboam by Shishak, king of Egypt, 2 Chr. 12:5, 7. Writes chronicles, 2...
  

• Choir

  [nave] CHOIR 2 Sam. 19:35; 1 Kin. 10:12; 1 Chr. 9:33; 15:16, 19, 27; 2 Chr. 5:12, 13; 9:11; 23:13; 29:28; 35:15, 25; Ezra 2:41, 65, 65, 70; 7:7; 10:24; Neh. 7:1, 44, 67, 67, 73; 10:28, 39; 11:22, 23; 12:28, 29, 31, 38, 40, 42, 45, ...
  

• Michaiah

  [ebd] (1.) The queen-mother of King Abijah (2 Chr. 13:2). (See MAACAH). (2.) One of those sent out by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people in the law (2 Chr. 17:7). (3.) 2 Kings 22:12. (4.) The son of Gemariah. He reported to the ki...
  [smith] (who is like God?). Same as MICAH 6. (2 Chronicles 34:25) Same as MICHA 3. (1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 12:35) One of the priests at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 12:41) The daughter of Uriel of Gi...
  [nave] MICHAIAH 1. Father of Achbor, 2 Kin. 22:12. 2. See: Maachah, 4. 3. A prince sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the law in the cities of Judah, 2 Chr. 17:7. 4. A priest of the family of Asaph, Neh. 12:35, 41. 5. Son of Gemariah...
  

• Zechariah

  [ebd] Jehovah is renowned or remembered. (1.) A prophet of Judah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, he was of priestly extraction. He describes himself (1:1) as "the son of Berechiah." In Ezra 5:1 and 6:14 h...
  [smith] The eleventh in order of the twelve minor prophets. He is called in his prophecy the son of Berechiah and the grandson of Iddo, whereas in the book of Ezra, (Ezra 5:1; 6:14) he is said to have been the son of Iddo. It is nat...
  [nave] ZECHARIAH 1. A Reubenite, 1 Chr. 5:7. 2. Three Levites in the days of David, 1 Chr. 9:21; 15:18, 20, 24; 16:5; 26:2, 14. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 9:37. Called Zacher in 1 Chr. 8:31. 4. Two Kohathites, 1 Chr. 24:25; 2 Chr. ...
  

• 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, ...
  

• Maaseiah

  [isbe] MAASEIAH - ma-a-se'-ya, ma-a-si'a (ma`aseyahu, "Yahweh's work"; Maassaia, and Massaias in the Septuagint): A name common in exilic and late monarchic times (Gray, H P N). (1) A Levite musician named in connection with David'...
  [smith] (work of the Lord), the name of four persons who had married foreign wives. In the time of Ezra, A descendant of Jeshua the priest. (Ezra 10:18) A priest, of the sons of Harim. (Ezra 10:21) A priest, of the sons of Pashur. (...
  [nave] MAASEIAH 1. A Levite musician, 1 Chr. 15:18, 20. 2. A captain of hundreds, 2 Chr. 23:1. 3. An officer of Uzziah, 2 Chr. 26:11. 4. Son of Ahaz. Slain by Zichri, 2 Chr. 28:7. 5. Governor of Jerusalem, 2 Chr. 34:8. 6. The ...
  

• PRIESTS AND LEVITES

  [isbe] PRIESTS AND LEVITES - (kohen, "priest"; nothing is definitely known as to the origin of the word; Lewi, "Levite," on which see LEVI): I. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE HISTORY 1. The Old View 2. The Graf-Wellhausen View 3. Mediating...
  

• Jehohanan

  [ebd] Jehovah-granted, Jeroboam II. (1.) A Korhite, the head of one of the divisions of the temple porters (1 Chr. 26:3). (2.) One of Jehoshaphat's "captains" (2 Chr. 17:15). (3.) The father of Azariah (2 Chr. 28:12). (4.) The son...
  [isbe] JEHOHANAN - je-ho-ha'-nan (yehochanan, "Yahweh is (or has been) gracious"): (1) A Korahite doorkeeper in David's reign, "son" of Meshelemiah (1 Ch 26:3). Septuagint, Luc, has "Jehonathan." (2) One of the five captains over K...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah gave), a name of which John is the contraction. A Korhite Levite, one of the doorkeepers to the tabernacle. (1 Chronicles 26:3) comp. 1Chr 25:1 (B.C. 1014.) One of the principal men of Judah under King Jehos...
  [nave] JEHOHANAN 1. A porter of the tabernacle, 1 Chr. 26:3. 2. A military chief under Jehoshaphat, whose corps consisted of two hundred and eighty thousand men, 2 Chr. 17:15. Probably identical with a captain of a hundred, in 2 ...
  

• Ezer

  [ebd] treasure. (1.) One of the sons of Seir, the native princes, "dukes," of Mount Hor (Gen. 36:21, 27). (2.) 1 Chr. 7:21; (3.) 4:4. (4.) One of the Gadite champions who repaired to David at Ziklag (12:9). (5.) A Levite (Neh. 3:1...
  [isbe] EZER - e'-zer (`ezer, "help"): (1) A Horite chief (Gen 36:21; 1 Ch 1:38). (2) A Judahite (1 Ch 4:4). (3) An Ephraimite, slain by men of Gath (1 Ch 7:21). (4) A Gadite who followed David while in exile on account of the wrath...
  [smith] (treasure). A son of Ephraim, who was slain by the aboriginal inhabitants of Gath while engaged in a foray on their cattle. (1 Chronicles 7:21) (B.C. before 1491.) A priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of J...
  [nave] EZER 1. Called also Ezar, a Horite duke, Gen. 36:21, 27, 30; 1 Chr. 1:38, 42. 2. A son of Ephraim, 1 Chr. 7:21. 3. A priest, Neh. 12:42. 4. A man of Judah, 1 Chr. 4:4. Perhaps identical with the Ezra of 1 Chr. 4:17. 5. ...
  

• Uzzi

  [ebd] the Lord is my strength. (1.) The son of Bukki, and a descendant of Aaron (1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4). (2.) A grandson of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:2, 3). (3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:7). (4.) A Benjamite, ...
  [isbe] UZZI - uz'-i ('uzzi, perhaps "my strength"): (1) A descendant of Aaron and high priest, unknown apart from these sources (1 Ch 6:5,6,51 (Hebrew 5:31,32; 6:36); Ezr 7:4). (2) An eponym of a family of Issachar (1 Ch 7:2,3). (3...
  [smith] (strong). Son of Bukki and father of Zerahiah, in the line of the high priests. (1 Chronicles 6:5,61; Ezra 7:4) Though Uzzi was the lineal ancestor of Zadok, it does not appear that he was ever high priest. He must have b...
  [nave] UZZI 1. A priest. Son of Bukki, 1 Chr. 6:5, 6, 51; Ezra 7:4. 2. Grandson of Issachar, 1 Chr. 7:2, 3. 3. Grandson of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 7:7. 4. Son of Michri, 1 Chr. 9:8. 5. An overseer of the Levites, Neh. 11:22. 6. A pri...
  

• The Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem

  

• [Neh 12:46] Honor And Glory, Thanksgiving And Praise

  Honor and glory, thanksgiving and praise, Maker of all things, to Thee we upraise; God the Almighty, the Father, the Lord; God by the angels obeyed and adored. Thou art the Father of Heaven and earth; Worlds uncreated to Thee owe their birth; All the creation, Thy voice when it heard, Started to life and to light at Thy Word. Onward the sun and the moon and their march Span with the rainbow the firmament’s arch; Stars yet unknown, and whose light is to come, Find in creation their place and a home. Earth with the mountain, the river, the plain, Sky with the dew-drop, the wind, and the rain, Beast of the forest, wild bird of the air, All are Thy creatures, and all are Thy care. Ocean the restless, and waters that swell, Lightnings that flash over flood, over fell, Own Thee the Master Almighty, and call Thee the Creator, the Father, of all. Yea, Thou art Father of all, and Thy love Pity for man that is fallen doth move; Guide us in life, and protect to the last; And, at Thine Advent, Lord, pardon the past.

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• What is the nature of Christs sonship?
  Concerning the eternal Sonship of Christ, Ryrie has this to say: I agree with Buswell (A Systematic Theology of the Christian Religion, pp. 105-12) that generation is not an exegetically based doctrine. The concept it tri...

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