Nehemiah 12:22

Nehemiah 12:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
• New International Version (NIV)The family heads of the Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua, as well as those of the priests, were recorded in the reign of Darius the Persian.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the Levites were recorded as heads of fathers' houses; so too were the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian.
• New King James Version (NKJV)During the reign of Darius the Persian, a record was also kept of the Levites and priests who had been heads of their fathers’ houses in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua.

Context of Nehemiah 12:22

20Kallai was the leader of Sallu's clan. Eber was the leader of Amok's clan. 21Hashabiah was the leader of Hilkiah's clan. Nethanel was the leader of Jedaiah's clan. During the time when Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua were the leaders of the priests, they recorded the names of the Levites and the priests who were leaders of their clans. At the time when King Darius ruled Persia, they stopped doing this. 23They wrote the names of Levi's descendants who were leaders of their clans in the history book of Israel. They did that until the time of Eliashib's son, Johanan. 24The leaders of the Levites were: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Kadmiel's son, Jeshua, and their relatives. The two groups stood opposite each other to sing and praise and thank God. They did this in the way that God's servant, King David, had commanded.

Nehemiah 12:22 word by word

הַלְוִיִּם֩ בִּימֵ֨י אֶלְיָשִׁ֜יב יוֹיָדָ֤ע וְיוֹחָנָן֙ וְיַדּ֔וּעַ כְּתוּבִ֖ים רָאשֵׁ֣י אָב֑וֹת וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים עַל־מַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ הַפָּֽרְסִֽי׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• in the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of Eliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיב'elyâshîyb · EliashibH475
• Joiadaיוֹיָדָעyôyâdâ‛ · JoiadaH3111
• and Johananיוֹחָנָןyôchânân · JohananH3110
• and Jadduaיַדּוּעַyaddûa‛ · JadduaH3037
• recordedכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• chiefרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• of the fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• also the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• to the reignמַלְכוּתmalkûth malkûth malkûyâh · royaltyH4438
• of Dariusדָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁdâreyâvêsh · DariusH1867
• the Persianפַּרְסִיparsîy · PersianH6542

Cross-references for Nehemiah 12:22

• Nehemiah 12:10Jeshua was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
• Nehemiah 12:12In the time of Joiakim, these were the priests who were leaders of their clans: Meraiah was the leader of Seraiah's clan. Hananiah was the leader of Jeremiah's clan.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 12:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Jaddua - This was probably the high priest who went in his pontifical robes, accompanied by his brethren, to meet Alexander the Great, when he was advancing towards Jerusalem, with the purpose to destroy it, after having conquered Tyre and Gaza. Alexander was so struck with the appearance of the priest, that he forbore all hostilities against Jerusalem, prostrated himself before Jaddua, worshipped the Lord at the temple, and granted many privileges to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22These verses interrupt the account of the church officers in the time of Joiakim, resumed in Nehemiah 12:24. They appear to be an addition to the original text, made about the time of Alexander the Great, when the Books of Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah would seem to have first taken their existing shape. The same writer who introduced these verses, probably also added Nehemiah 12:11 to the original text. Darius the Persian - Probably Darius Codomannus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-26These 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-4710. Jeshua begat Joiakim, &c.--This enumeration was of great importance, not only as establishing their individual purity of descent, but because the chronology of the Jews was henceforth to be reckoned, not as formerly by the reigns of their kings, but by the successions of their high priests.Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 12:22

• Darius
• Johanan
• Joiada
• Jonathan
• Nehemiah

In the dictionaries

• Darius
• Eliashib
• Ezra
• Jaddua
• Nehemiah
• Book of Life
• Chronicles, Books of
• Ezra-Nehemiah
• Genealogy
• Jehohanan

Commentaries on Nehemiah 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings