
Text -- Nehemiah 12:24 (NET)




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Barnes -> Neh 12:24
Barnes: Neh 12:24 - -- Jeshua the son of Kadmiel - If the reading be sound, this Jeshua must have been the head of the Levitical family of Kadmiel in the time of Joia...
Jeshua the son of Kadmiel - If the reading be sound, this Jeshua must have been the head of the Levitical family of Kadmiel in the time of Joiakim; but (compare Neh 8:7; Neh 9:4), some read "Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel,"etc.
Ward over against ward - i. e., "alternately,"one part of the choir corresponding the other.
Poole -> Neh 12:24
Haydock -> Neh 12:24
Haydock: Neh 12:24 - -- Order. Hebrew, "ward over-against ward." One company kept guard while another retired. (Menochius)
Order. Hebrew, "ward over-against ward." One company kept guard while another retired. (Menochius)
Gill -> Neh 12:24
Gill: Neh 12:24 - -- And the chief of the Levites,.... Here the thread of the history of Nehemiah, interrupted by the insertion of the two preceding verses, is carried fro...
And the chief of the Levites,.... Here the thread of the history of Nehemiah, interrupted by the insertion of the two preceding verses, is carried from the priests to the Levites in the times of the third high priest:
Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel; these were singers, since it follows:
with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward; which office of theirs they performed by turns in courses, as David under a divine direction ordered, see 1Ch 23:5.

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TSK Synopsis -> Neh 12:1-47
TSK Synopsis: Neh 12:1-47 - --1 The priests and the Levites which came up with Zerubbabel.10 The succession of high priests.22 Certain chief Levites.27 The solemnity of the dedicat...
MHCC -> Neh 12:1-26
MHCC: Neh 12:1-26 - --It is a debt we owe to faithful ministers, to remember our guides, who have spoken to us the word of God. It is good to know what our godly predecesso...
Matthew Henry -> Neh 12:1-26
Matthew Henry: Neh 12:1-26 - -- We have here the names, and little more than the names, of a great many priests and Levites, that were eminent in their day among the returned Jews....
Keil-Delitzsch -> Neh 12:24-25
Keil-Delitzsch: Neh 12:24-25 - --
The names Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, frequently occur asthose of heads of Levitical orders: the two first in Neh 10:12., Ezr 8:18.;t...
Constable: Neh 7:73--13:31 - --II. THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS chs. 8--13
One writer viewed chapters 8-13 (really 7:73-13:37) as the third part...

Constable: Neh 11:1--12:27 - --B. The Residents of the Land 11:1-12:26
When the exiles returned to the Promised Land, living in Jerusal...
