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Verse	Translation	Text
Ne 12:24	Strong Concordance	And the chief [07218] of the Levites [03881]: Hashabiah [02811], Sherebiah [08274], and Jeshua [03442] the son [01121] of Kadmiel [06934], with their brethren [0251] over against them, to praise [01984] and to give thanks [03034], according to the commandment [04687] of David [01732] the man [0376] of God [0430], ward [04929] over against [05980] ward [04929].
	King James	And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Jeshua the son of Kadmiel - If the reading be sound, this Jeshua must have been the head of the Levitical family of Kadmiel in the time of Joiakim; but (compare Neh 8:7; Neh 9:4), some read "Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel," etc. Ward over against ward - i. e., "alternately," one part of the choir corresponding the other.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Jeshua the son of Kadmiel - If the reading be sound, this Jeshua must have been the head of the Levitical family of Kadmiel in the time of Joiakim; but (compare Neh 8:7; Neh 9:4), some read "Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel," etc.

Ward over against ward - i. e., "alternately," one part of the choir corresponding the other.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The names Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, frequently occur as those of heads of Levitical orders: the two first in Neh 10:12., Ezr 8:18.; the two last in Neh 12:8, Neh 10:10, and Ezr 2:40; and the comparison of these passages obliges us to regard and expunge as a gloss the בּן before Kadmiel. Opposite to these four are placed their brethren, whose office it was "to praise (and) to give thanks according to the commandment of David," etc.: comp. Ch1 16:4; Ch1 23:30; Ch2 5:13; and בּמצות ד, Ch2 29:25. משׁמר לעמּת משׁמר, ward opposite ward, elsewhere used of the gatekeepers, Ch1 26:16, is here applied to the position of the companies of singers in divine worship. The names of the brethren, i.e., of the Levitical singers, follow, Neh 12:25, where the first three names must be separated from those which follow, and combined with Neh 12:24. This is obvious from the consideration, that Mattaniah and Bakbukiah are mentioned in Neh 11:17 as presidents of two companies of singers, and with them Abda the Jeduthunite, whence we are constrained to suppose that עבדיה is only another form for עבדּא of Neh 11:17. According, then, to what has been said, the division into verses must be changed, and Neh 12:25 should begin with the name משׁלּם. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub are chiefs of the doorkeepers; the two last names occur as such both in Neh 11:19 and Ezr 2:42, and even so early as Ch1 9:17, whence we perceive that these were ancient names of races of Levitical doorkeepers. In Ezr 2:42 and Ch1 9:17, שׁלוּם, answering to משׁלּם of the present verse, is also named with them. The combination משׁמר שׁוערים שׁמרים is striking: we should at least have expected משׁמר שׁמרים שׁוערים, because, while שׁוערים cannot be combined with משׁמר, שׁמרים may well be so; hence we must either transpose the words as above, or read according to Neh 11:19, בּשּׁערים שׁמרים. In the latter case, בּשּׁערים is more closely defined by the apposition השּׁערים בּאספּי: at the doors, viz., at the treasure-chambers of the doors. On 'acupiym, see rem. on Ch1 26:15, Ch1 26:17.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The names Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, frequently occur as those of heads of Levitical orders: the two first in Neh 10:12., Ezr 8:18.; the two last in Neh 12:8, Neh 10:10, and Ezr 2:40; and the comparison of these passages obliges us to regard and expunge as a gloss the בּן before Kadmiel. Opposite to these four are placed their brethren, whose office it was "to praise (and) to give thanks according to the commandment of David," etc.: comp. Ch1 16:4; Ch1 23:30; Ch2 5:13; and בּמצות ד, Ch2 29:25. משׁמר לעמּת משׁמר, ward opposite ward, elsewhere used of the gatekeepers, Ch1 26:16, is here applied to the position of the companies of singers in divine worship. The names of the brethren, i.e., of the Levitical singers, follow, Neh 12:25, where the first three names must be separated from those which follow, and combined with Neh 12:24. This is obvious from the consideration, that Mattaniah and Bakbukiah are mentioned in Neh 11:17 as presidents of two companies of singers, and with them Abda the Jeduthunite, whence we are constrained to suppose that עבדיה is only another form for עבדּא of Neh 11:17. According, then, to what has been said, the division into verses must be changed, and Neh 12:25 should begin with the name משׁלּם. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub are chiefs of the doorkeepers; the two last names occur as such both in Neh 11:19 and Ezr 2:42, and even so early as Ch1 9:17, whence we perceive that these were ancient names of races of Levitical doorkeepers. In Ezr 2:42 and Ch1 9:17, שׁלוּם, answering to משׁלּם of the present verse, is also named with them. The combination משׁמר שׁוערים שׁמרים is striking: we should at least have expected משׁמר שׁמרים שׁוערים, because, while שׁוערים cannot be combined with משׁמר, שׁמרים may well be so; hence we must either transpose the words as above, or read according to Neh 11:19, בּשּׁערים שׁמרים. In the latter case, בּשּׁערים is more closely defined by the apposition השּׁערים בּאספּי: at the doors, viz., at the treasure-chambers of the doors. On 'acupiym, see rem. on Ch1 26:15, Ch1 26:17.

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⁴ Then stood up [06965] upon the stairs [04608], of the Levites [03881], Jeshua [03442], and Bani [01137], Kadmiel [06934], Shebaniah [07645], Bunni [01138], Sherebiah [08274], Bani [01137], and Chenani [03662], and cried [02199] with a loud [01419] voice [06963] unto the LORD [03068] their God [0430].

⁷ Also Jeshua [03442], and Bani [01137], and Sherebiah [08274], Jamin [03226], Akkub [06126], Shabbethai [07678], Hodijah [01941], Maaseiah [04641], Kelita [07042], Azariah [05838], Jozabad [03107], Hanan [02605], Pelaiah [06411], and the Levites [03881], caused the people [05971] to understand [0995] the law [08451]: and the people [05971] stood in their place [05977].

¹⁷ Eastward [04217] were six [08337] Levites [03881], northward [06828] four [0702] a day [03117], southward [05045] four [0702] a day [03117], and toward Asuppim [0624] two [08147] and two [08147].

¹⁵ To Obededom [05654] southward [05045]; and to his sons [01121] the house [01004] of Asuppim [0624].

¹⁹ Moreover the porters [07778], Akkub [06126], Talmon [02929], and their brethren [0251] that kept [08104] the gates [08179], were an hundred [03967] seventy [07657] and two [08147].

¹⁷ And the porters [07778] were, Shallum [07967], and Akkub [06126], and Talmon [02929], and Ahiman [0289], and their brethren [0251]: Shallum [07967] was the chief [07218];

⁴² The children [01121] of the porters [07778]: the children [01121] of Shallum [07967], the children [01121] of Ater [0333], the children [01121] of Talmon [02929], the children [01121] of Akkub [06126], the children [01121] of Hatita [02410], the children [01121] of Shobai [07630], in all an hundred [03967] thirty [07970] and nine [08672].

¹⁷ And the porters [07778] were, Shallum [07967], and Akkub [06126], and Talmon [02929], and Ahiman [0289], and their brethren [0251]: Shallum [07967] was the chief [07218];

¹⁹ Moreover the porters [07778], Akkub [06126], Talmon [02929], and their brethren [0251] that kept [08104] the gates [08179], were an hundred [03967] seventy [07657] and two [08147].

²⁵ Mattaniah [04983], and Bakbukiah [01229], Obadiah [05662], Meshullam [04918], Talmon [02929], Akkub [06126], were porters [07778] keeping [08104] the ward [04929] at the thresholds [0624] of the gates [08179].

¹⁷ And Mattaniah [04983] the son [01121] of Micha [04316], the son [01121] of Zabdi [02067], the son [01121] of Asaph [0623], was the principal [07218] to begin [08462] the thanksgiving [03034] in prayer [08605]: and Bakbukiah [01229] the second [04932] among his brethren [0251], and Abda [05653] the son [01121] of Shammua [08051], the son [01121] of Galal [01559], the son [01121] of Jeduthun [03038].

²⁴ And the chief [07218] of the Levites [03881]: Hashabiah [02811], Sherebiah [08274], and Jeshua [03442] the son [01121] of Kadmiel [06934], with their brethren [0251] over against them, to praise [01984] and to give thanks [03034], according to the commandment [04687] of David [01732] the man [0376] of God [0430], ward [04929] over against [05980] ward [04929].

¹⁶ To Shuppim [08206] and Hosah [02621] the lot came forth westward [04628], with the gate [08179] Shallecheth [07996], by the causeway [04546] of the going up [05927], ward [04929] against [05980] ward [04929].

²⁵ And he set [05975] the Levites [03881] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] with cymbals [04700], with psalteries [05035], and with harps [03658], according to the commandment [04687] of David [01732], and of Gad [01410] the king's [04428] seer [02374], and Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030]: for so was the commandment [04687] of [03027] the LORD [03068] by [03027] his prophets [05030].

¹³ It came even to pass, as the trumpeters [02690] [02690] and singers [07891] were as one [0259], to make one [0259] sound [06963] to be heard [08085] in praising [01984] and thanking [03034] the LORD [03068]; and when they lifted up [07311] their voice [06963] with the trumpets [02689] and cymbals [04700] and instruments [03627] of musick [07892], and praised [01984] the LORD [03068], saying, For he is good [02896]; for his mercy [02617] endureth for ever [05769]: that then the house [01004] was filled [04390] with a cloud [06051], even the house [01004] of the LORD [03068];

³⁰ And to stand [05975] every morning [01242] to thank [03034] and praise [01984] the LORD [03068], and likewise at even [06153];

⁴ And he appointed [05414] certain of the Levites [03881] to minister [08334] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and to record [02142], and to thank [03034] and praise [01984] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]:

⁴⁰ The Levites [03881]: the children [01121] of Jeshua [03442] and Kadmiel [06934], of the children [01121] of Hodaviah [01938], seventy [07657] and four [0702].

¹⁰ And their brethren [0251], Shebaniah [07645], Hodijah [01941], Kelita [07042], Pelaiah [06411], Hanan [02605],

⁸ Moreover the Levites [03881]: Jeshua [03442], Binnui [01131], Kadmiel [06934], Sherebiah [08274], Judah [03063], and Mattaniah [04983], which was over the thanksgiving [01960], he and his brethren [0251].

¹⁸ And by the good [02896] hand [03027] of our God [0430] upon us they brought [0935] us a man [0376] of understanding [07922], of the sons [01121] of Mahli [04249], the son [01121] of Levi [03878], the son [01121] of Israel [03478]; and Sherebiah [08274], with his sons [01121] and his brethren [0251], eighteen [08083] [06240];

¹² Zaccur [02139], Sherebiah [08274], Shebaniah [07645],