Nehemiah 12 · Verse 26

Nehemiah 12:26

These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
Nehemiah 12:26, King James Version

Nehemiah 12:26 in other translations

BSBThey served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.
WEBThese were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe.
ASVThese were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe.
YLTThese are in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
DARBYThese were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
BBEThese were in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the ruler and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
WebsterThese were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

What does Nehemiah 12:26 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 12:26 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.

אֵ֕לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
בִּימֵ֛יbi.Mei[were] in [the] days ofH3117
יוֹיָקִ֥יםyo.ya.KimJoiakimH3113
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יֵשׁ֖וּעַye.Shu.a'JeshuaH3442
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יוֹצָדָ֑קyo.tza.DakJozadakH3136
וּבִימֵי֙u.vi.Meiand in [the] days ofH3117
נְחֶמְיָ֣הne.chem.YahNehemiahH5166
הַפֶּחָ֔הha.pe.Chahthe governorH6346
וְעֶזְרָ֥אve.'ez.Ra'and EzraH5830
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
הַסּוֹפֵֽר\׃\ \פha.so.Ferthe scribeH5608

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Nehemiah 12:26

  • Nehemiah 8:9

    And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

  • Ezra 7:11

    Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.

  • Ezra 7:6

    This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

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Joiakim.
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Nehemiah.
8:9; Ezr 7:6,11

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Context

  • Nehemiah 12:25

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

  • Nehemiah 12:26

    These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

  • Nehemiah 12:27

    And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

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Nehemiah 12:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Estos fueron en los días de Joiacim, hijo de Jesuá, hijo de Josadac, y en los días del gobernador Nehemías, y del sacerdote Esdras, escriba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ceux-ci vivaient aux jours de Joïakim, fils de Jéshua, fils de Jotsadak, et aux jours de Néhémie, le gouverneur, et d’Esdras, le sacrificateur, le scribe.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Diese waren in den Tagen Jojakims, des Sohnes Jeschuas, des Sohnes Jozadaks, und in den Tagen Nehemias, des Landpflegers, und Esras, des Priesters, des Schriftgelehrten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hi in diebus Joacim filii Josue, filii Josedec, et in diebus Nehemiæ ducis, et Esdræ sacerdotis scribæque.