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Nehemiah 12:32

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Nehemiah 12:32 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
Nehemiah 12:32 — American Standard Version

Context — Nehemiah 12

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
29also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
31Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession; [whereof one went] on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
32and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
33and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
35and certain of the priests` sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah.] The other half of them, with Hoshaiah at the head of them.”
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