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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

尼希米记 12:7

撒路、亞木、希勒家和耶大雅。這些人在耶書亞的日子作祭司和他們親族的首領。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amok;   Hilkiah;   Jedaiah;   Nehemiah;   Priest;   Sallai;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Hilkiah;   Jeshua;   Sallu;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amok;   Ezra, the Book of;   Genealogy;   Hilkiah;   Jedaiah (1);   Jehoiarib;   Nehemiah;   Sallai;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amok;   Ezra, Book of;   High Priest;   Hilkiah;   Jedaiah;   Nehemiah;   Sallai;   Sallu;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Amok;   Hilkiah;   Jedaiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Sallai;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abijah ;   Chief Priests ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amok ;   Hilkiah ;   Jedaiah ;   Jeshua, Jeshuah ;   Sallai ;   Sallu ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'mok,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amok;   Hilkiah;   Jedaiah;   Jeshua;   Priests and Levites;   Sallai;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
撒 路 、 亚 木 、 希 勒 家 、 耶 大 雅 。 这 些 人 在 耶 书 亚 的 时 候 作 祭 司 和 他 们 弟 兄 的 首 领 。

Contextual Overview

1 These are the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua. There were Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah, 5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. They were the leaders of the priests and their relatives in the days of Jeshua. 8 The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah. Mattaniah and his relatives were in charge of the songs of thanksgiving. 9 Bakbukiah and Unni, their relatives, stood across from them in the services. 10 Jeshua was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Sallu: The variation of סלו [Strong's H5543], Sallu, and סלי [Strong's H5543], Sallai, is simply caused by the mutation of ו, wav and י, yood. Nehemiah 12:20, Sallai

the chief: "The chief of the priests" seem to have been the heads of the courses established by David. 1 Chronicles 24:18

of Jeshua: Nehemiah 12:1, Ezra 3:2, Haggai 1:1, Zechariah 3:1

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 7:7 - Zerubbabel Matthew 2:4 - the chief Matthew 16:21 - chief priests

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord . He took some of all the clean birds and animals, and he burned them on the altar as offerings to God.
Genesis 12:8
Then he traveled from Shechem to the mountain east of Bethel and set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. There Abram built another altar to the Lord and worshiped him.
Genesis 12:9
After this, he traveled on toward southern Canaan.
Genesis 12:12
When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife.' Then they will kill me but let you live.
Genesis 13:4
and where he had built an altar. So he worshiped the Lord there.
Genesis 13:15
All this land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord .
Genesis 15:18
So on that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram and said, "I will give to your descendants the land between the river of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty. Obey me and do what is right.
Genesis 17:3
Then Abram bowed facedown on the ground. God said to him,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 12:7. The chief of the priests — They were twenty-four orders or courses in number, all subordinate to each other; as established by David, 1 Chronicles 24:18. And these orders or courses were continued till the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. See Calmet.


 
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