Nehemiah 12 · Verse 24

Nehemiah 12:24

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.
Nehemiah 12:24, King James Version

Nehemiah 12:24 in other translations

BSBThe leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
WEBThe chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, section next to section.
ASVAnd the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.
YLTand heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brethren, are over-against them, to give praise, to give thanks, by command of David the man of God, charge over-against charge.
DARBYAnd the chief 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.
BBEAnd the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Nehemiah 12:24 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 12:1-26

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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Nehemiah 12:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְרָאשֵׁ֣יve.ra.Sheiand [the] leaders ofH7218
הַ֠לְוִיִּםHal.vi.yimthe LevitesH3881
חֲשַׁבְיָ֨הcha.shav.Yah[were] HashabiahH2811
שֵֽׁרֵבְיָ֜הshe.re.ve.YahSherebiahH8274
וְיֵשׁ֤וּעַve.ye.Shu.a'and JeshuaH3442
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
קַדְמִיאֵל֙kad.mi.'ElKadmielH6934
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֣םva.'a.chei.Hemand brothers theirH251
לְנֶגְדָּ֔םle.neg.Dam[were] to before themH5048
לְהַלֵּ֣לle.ha.Lelto praiseH1984
לְהוֹד֔וֹתle.ho.Dotto give thanksH3034
בְּמִצְוַ֖תbe.mitz.Vatby [the] commandment ofH4687
דָּוִ֣ידda.VidDavidH1732
אִישׁ\־'ish-[the] man ofH376
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
מִשְׁמָ֖רmish.MardivisionH4929
לְעֻמַּ֥תle.'u.Mat<to> corresponding toH5980
מִשְׁמָֽר\׃mish.MardivisionH4929

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Cross references for Nehemiah 12:24

  • 1 Chronicles 25:1-26

    Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord. Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti–ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: …

  • Ezra 3:10-11

    And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

  • Nehemiah 11:17

    And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

  • 2 Chronicles 8:14

    And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  • Deuteronomy 33:1

    And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

  • Joshua 14:6

    Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea.

  • 1 Kings 17:24

    And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:1-32

    So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges: …

  • Ezra 2:40

    The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.

  • Nehemiah 10:9-13

    And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, …

  • Nehemiah 8:7

    Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

  • Nehemiah 12:8-9

    Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hashabiah.
8; 8:7; 9:4; 10:9-13
according.
1Ch 23:1-32; 25:1-26:32
the man.
De 33:1; Jos 14:6; 1Ki 17:24; 2Ch 8:14; 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 3:17
ward.
9; Ezr 3:10,11

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Context

  • Nehemiah 12:23

    The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

  • Nehemiah 12:24

    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.

  • Nehemiah 12:25

    Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

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Nehemiah 12:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los cabezas de los Levitas: Hasabías, Serebías, y Jesuá hijo de Cadmiel, y sus hermanos delante de ellos, para alabar y para rendir gracias, conforme al estatuto de David varón de Dios, guardando su turno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les chefs des lévites: Hashabia, Shérébia, et Jéshua, fils de Kadmiel, et leurs frères vis-à-vis d’eux, pour louer et pour rendre grâces selon le commandement de David, homme de Dieu, les uns en fonction à côté des autres.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Häupter der Leviten waren Haschabja, Scherebja und Jeschua, der Sohn des Kadmiel, und ihre Brüder, die ihnen gegenüber standen, um zu loben und zu preisen, nach dem Gebote Davids, des Mannes Gottes, Abteilung gegenüber Abteilung.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et principes Levitarum, Hasebia, Serebia, et Josue filius Cedmihel: et fratres eorum per vices suas, ut laudarent et confiterentur juxta præceptum David viri Dei, et observarent æque per ordinem.