Lux Domini
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

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Interpretation

The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much more, no doubt, was said.

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This thought runs through Nehemiah 9:4-6.

Glossary

Shebaniah Person
Whom Jehovah hides, or has made grow up. (1. ) A Levite appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark of God ( 1 Chr. 15:24 ). (2. ) Another Levite ( Neh. 9:4 , 5). (3. ) A priest ( Neh. 10:12 ). (4. ) A Levite ( Neh. 10:4 ).
Sherebiah Person
Flame of the Lord, a priest whose name is prominent in connection with the work carried on by Ezra and Nehemiah at Jerusalem ( Ezra 8:17 , 18, 24-30; Neh. 8:7 ; 9:4 , 5; 10:12).
Pethahiah Person
Loosed of the Lord. (1. ) The chief of one of the priestly courses (the nineteenth) in the time of David ( 1 Chr. 24:16 ). (2. ) A Levite ( Ezra 10:23 ). (3. ) Neh. 9:5 .