Nehemiah 12:7

Nehemiah 12:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
• New International Version (NIV)Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Joshua.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

Context of Nehemiah 12:7

5Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah, 6Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah. These men were the leaders of the priests and the people who helped them in the time of Jeshua. 8The Levites were: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah and Mattaniah. Mattaniah and his relatives had authority for the songs which they sang to thank God in the temple. 9Bakbukiah and Unni and their relatives joined them when they sang.

Nehemiah 12:7 word by word

סַלּ֣וּ עָמ֔וֹק חִלְקִיָּ֖ה יְדַֽעְיָ֑ה אֵ֣לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֧י הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם בִּימֵ֥י יֵשֽׁוּעַ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Salluסַלּוּsalû salû' sâlû' sallay · SalluH5543
• Amokעָמוֹק‛âmôq · AmokH5987
• Hilkiahחִלְקִיָּהוּchilqîyâh chilqîyâhû · HilkiahH2518
• Jedaiahיְדַעְיָהyeda‛yâh · JedaiahH3048
• the chiefרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• of the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and of their brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-relativeH251
• in the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַyêshûa‛ · JeshuaH3442

Cross-references for Nehemiah 12:7

• Nehemiah 12:20Kallai was the leader of Sallu's clan. Eber was the leader of Amok's clan.
• Nehemiah 12:1This is a list of the priests and the Levites who returned with Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
• Ezra 3:2Jozadak's son, Jeshua, and some of the other priests in his family began to build the altar of Israel's God. Shealtiel's son, Zerubbabel, and some of his family also began to build it. They wanted to make burnt offerings on it. God's servant, Moses, had written about this in the law.
• Haggai 1:1The Lord spoke his message to Haggai, his prophet. At that time, Darius was king of Persia. He had been king for 1 year and five months. On the first day of the next month, the Lord told Haggai to speak to Zerubbabel, Judah's ruler, and to Joshua, the leader of God's priests. Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel. Joshua was the son of Jehozadak. This was the Almighty Lord's message: ‘Judah's people say that this is not the right time to build a temple for me.’
• Zechariah 3:1Then the angel of the Lord appeared to me, Zechariah, and he showed me Joshua, the most important priest. Joshua was standing in front of the angel of the Lord. Satan stood on the right side of Joshua. He was ready to say that Joshua had done bad things.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 12:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The chief of the priests - They were twenty-four orders or courses in number, all subordinate to each other; as established by David, 1 Chronicles 24:18. And these orders or courses were continued till the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. See Calmet.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7leaders 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91. these are the priests--according to Ne 12:7, "the chief of the priests," the heads of the twenty-four courses into which the priesthood was divided (1Ch 24:1-20). Only four of the courses returned from the captivity (Ne 7:39-42; Ezr 2:36-39). But these were divided by Zerubbabel, or Jeshua, into the original number of twenty-four. Twenty-two only are enumerated here, and no more than twenty in Ne 12:12-21. The discrepancy is due to the extremely…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 12:7

• Amok
• Hilkiah
• Jedaiah
• Nehemiah
• Priest
• Sallai

In the dictionaries

• Hilkiah
• Ezra
• Jeshua
• Nehemiah
• Sallu
• Amok
• Chronicles, Books of
• Darius
• Genealogy
• Jedaiah

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