Nehemiah 12:12
Verse 12 of 47. The 12th of 13 chapters in Nehemiah, in History.
8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
10And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
11And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
12And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
15Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
16Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
Nehemiah 12:12 in the World English Bible
In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;Read Nehemiah 12:12 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 12:12
All those who are mentioned v. 1, &c., as eminent in their generation, are again mentioned, though with some variation in several of the names, v. 12, &c., except two, as having sons that were likewise eminent in their generation—a rare instance, that twenty good fathers should leave behind them twenty good sons (for so many here are) that filled up their places. 4.
Read Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 12:1–26: The Priests and Levites That Returned. (b. c. 444.)
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