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.
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Interpretation
It is a debt we owe to faithful ministers, to remember our guides, who have spoken to us the word of God. It is good to know what our godly predecessors were, that we may learn what we should be.
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This thought runs through Nehemiah 12:22-26.
Glossary
- Eliashib Person
- Whom God will restore. (1. ) A priest, head of one of the courses of the priests of the time of David ( 1 Chr. 24:12 ). (2. ) A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah ( Neh. 12:22 , 23).
- Jaddua Person
- Known. (1. ) One of the chiefs who subscribed the covenant ( Neh. 10:21 ). (2. ) The last high priest mentioned in the Old Testament ( Neh. 12:11 , 22), sons of Jonathan.
- Darius Person
- The holder or supporter, the name of several Persian kings. (1. ) Darius the Mede ( Dan. 11:1 ), “the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes” (9:1).