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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

• 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...
  

• 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. ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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:...
  

• Malchiah

  [ebd] Jehovah's king. (1.) The head of the fifth division of the priests in the time of David (1 Chr. 24:9). (2.) A priest, the father of Pashur (1 Chr. 9:12; Jer. 38:1). (3.) One of the priests appointed as musicians to celebrate...
  [nave] MALCHIAH Called also Malchijah. 1. A Gershonite, 1 Chr. 6:40. 2. Called also Melchiah. An Aaronite, 1 Chr. 9:12; Neh. 11:12; Jer. 21:1; 38:1. 3. Head of a division of priests, 1 Chr. 24:9. 4. Name of three exiles, Ezra 10...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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 ...
  

• KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH

  [isbe] KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH - ko'-ra-its (qorchi), (beno qorach; in the King James Version appears also as Korhite, Kohathite, Kore): This phrase is used to denote Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph, Korah's 3 individual sons (Ex 6...
  

• Jerusalem

  [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;...
  

• 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...
  

• IZRAHIAH

  [isbe] IZRAHIAH - iz-ra-hi'-a (yizrachyah, "Yah appears, or shines"): (1) A descendant of Issachar, grandson of Tola, only son of Uzzi (1 Ch 7:3). (2) The leader of the singing at the purification of the people, on the occasion of ...
  

• Hananiah

  [isbe] HANANIAH - han-a-ni'-a (chananyahu, chananyah; Ananias; also with aspirate, "Yahweh hath been gracious"): This was a common name in Israel for many centuries. (1) A Benjamite (1 Ch 8:24). (2) A captain of Uzziah's army (2 Ch...
  [nave] HANANIAH 1. Son of Heman, 1 Chr. 25:4, 23. 2. A captain of Uzziah's army, 2 Chr. 26:11. 3. Father of Zedekiah, Jer. 36:12. 4. A prophet of Gibeon who uttered false prophecies in the temple during the reign of Zedekiah, Je...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• EZRA-NEHEMIAH

  [isbe] EZRA-NEHEMIAH - || 1. Name. 2. Object 3. Plan 4. Unity 5. Sources 6. Literary Character 7. Languages 8. Historicity 9. Text LITERATURE 1. Name: The books of Ezra and Nehemiah, by whomsoever written, are properly so named acc...
  

• EZEKIEL, 2

  [isbe] EZEKIEL, 2 - II. Significance of Ezekiel in Israel's Religious History. Under the first head we will consider the formal characteristics and significance of the book; and the examination of its contents will form the subject...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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, ...
  

• 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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  source: Cyberhymnal

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