Nehemiah 12:1
Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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1 Chronicles 3:17And the sons of Jeconiah, who was taken prisoner: Shealtiel his son,
Ezra 3:8Now in the second year of their coming into the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, the work was taken in hand by Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come from the land where they were prisoners to Jerusalem: and they made the Levites, of twenty years old and over, responsible for overseeing the work of the house of the Lord.
Ezra 5:2Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, got up and made a start at building the house of God at Jerusalem: and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
Nehemiah 10:2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Nehemiah 12:10And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
Haggai 1:1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 12:1
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. 27-43 . VI. The settling of the offices of the priests and Levites in the temple, ver. 44-47 . Read the whole commentary →