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Nehemiah 12

Nehemiah 12:7

The Priests and Levites Who Returned · Nehemiah 12:1–26
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Translations

Modern
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
Traditional
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
Literal
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
Latin
Idaia. Isti principes sacerdotum, et fratres eorum in diebus Josue.

Original

Hebrew
English
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.

Notes

Nehemiah 12:7

  • leaders of the priests: Compare Ezra 2:36–39.

  • Jeshua was the high priest in Jerusalem when the people returned from captivity shortly after 538 BC (Ezra 2:2; 3:2, 8; 4:3). He continued serving in 520 BC when Haggai and Zechariah encouraged the people to complete the temple (Ezra 5:1; Haggai 1:1; Zechariah 3:1).

Nehemiah 12:1–9

priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel...with Jeshua: See Ezra 1:1–5. Only those who could prove their priestly lineage could serve at the temple. Therefore, maintaining an accurate genealogical record of these families was important.

Nehemiah 12:1–26

These lists of priests and Levites include those who originally returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:1–9), a chronological list of high priests (12:10–11), and the priests and Levites who served during Joiakim's time, the high priest during Nehemiah and Ezra's era (12:12–26).

Theme notes and profiles

Nehemiah

People

Amok: Priest who returned from Babylonian exile Hilkiah: A priest who returned from Babylonian exile Jedaiah: Priest who returned with Zerubbabel Joshua: High priest during the rebuilding of the temple Sallu: Priest who returned from Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel

Glossary

Amariah Amok Book of Nehemiah Genealogy Hilkiah Jedaiah Sallai Sallu

Topics

Amok: A Priest Hilkiah: Two Priests Jedaiah: Another Priest, Who Returned from Babylon with Nehemiah Nehemiah: Son of Hachaliah: Register of the Priests and Levites Priest: Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Return from the Captivity Sallai: A Priest Who Returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel: Called Sallu