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John Gill's Exposition on Nehemiah 12:1
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, etc.] Who went up from the captivity in Babylon to Jerusalem with them; the one was the prince, the other the high priest, the same with Joshua the high priest, (<380301>Zechariah 3:1), the names of the priests are given in this and the six following verses: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra; not Jeremiah the prophet, who cannot be thought to live so long as through the captivity; but Ezra may be Ezra the priest and scribe, who might come up with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem, and return to Babylon again, and from thence come again as he did, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes, (<150701>Ezra 7:1,6,7), though this by some f74 is not thought very probable. Ver. 2-7. Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, etc.] Whose names are among the sealers of the covenant, (<161003>Nehemiah 10:3,4). Malluch is afterwards called Melicu, (<161214>Nehemiah 12:14), Shechaniah, called Shebaniah, (<161214>Nehemiah 12:14) and so in (<161004>Nehemiah 10:4) Rehum, who, by transposition of letters, is Harim, (<161215>Nehemiah 12:15), and so in (<161005>Nehemiah 10:5). Meremoth, called Meraioth, (<161215>Nehemiah 12:15), Iddo, Ginnetho, read Ginnethon, (<161216>Nehemiah 12:16) so in (<161006>Nehemiah 10:6). Abijah; there was a course of a priest of this name, of which Zechariah the father of John the Baptist was, (<420105>Luke 1:5). Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah; the first two are called Miniamin and Moadiah, (<161217>Nehemiah 12:17). Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, Sallu; called Sallai, (<161220>Nehemiah 12:20). Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah these were the chief of the priests, and of their brethren, in the days of Jeshua; heads of courses; or, however, priests of the greatest note in the times of Jeshua the high priest.
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