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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Nehemiah 12 This chapter gives an account of the chief of the priests and Levites in the days of Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Joiakim, Eliashib, and Nehemiah, Ne 12:1, of the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, and of the joy expressed on that occasion, Ne 12:27, and of the appointment of some persons over the treasuries for the priests, Levites, singers, and porters, Ne 12:44.
John Gill
And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them,.... On the left hand, on the northern part of the wall: and I after them; Nehemiah, he brought up the rear of his company, as Ezra led the van of his: and the half of the people upon the wall; the chief of them, for all could not walk upon it: from beyond the tower of the furnaces; where they baked their bread, or their...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter are preserved upon record, I. The names of the chief of the priests and the Levites that came up with Zerubbabel, ver. 1-9. II. The succession of the high priests, ver. 10, 11. III. The names of the next generation of the other chief priests, ver. 12-21. IV. The eminent Levites that were in Nehemiah's time, ver. 22-26. V. The solemnity of dedicating the wall of Jerusalem, ver....