Nehemiah 12 · Verse 7

Nehemiah 12:7

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
Nehemiah 12:7, King James Version

Nehemiah 12:7 in other translations

BSBSallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
WEBSallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
ASVSallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
YLTSallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these are heads of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
DARBYSallu, Amok, Hilkijah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
BBESallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
WebsterSallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

What does Nehemiah 12:7 mean?

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

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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.

Read the full comment on Nehemiah 12:1-26 →

Nehemiah 12:7 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.

סַלּ֣וּsa.LuSalluH5543
עָמ֔וֹקa.MokAmokH5987
חִלְקִיָּ֖הchil.ki.YahHilkiahH2518
יְדַֽעְיָ֑הye.da'.YahJedaiahH3048
אֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
רָאשֵׁ֧יra.Shei[were] [the] leaders ofH7218
הַכֹּהֲנִ֛יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖םva.'a.chei.Hemand brothers theirH251
בִּימֵ֥יbi.Meiin [the] days ofH3117
יֵשֽׁוּעַ\׃\ \פye.Shu.a'JeshuaH3442

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

Cross references for Nehemiah 12:7

  • Zechariah 3:1

    And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:18

    The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.

  • Haggai 1:1

    In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

  • Nehemiah 12:1

    Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

  • Ezra 3:2

    Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Sallu.The variation of [Callûw ,] Sallu, and [Callay ,] Sallai, is simply caused by the mutation of [Vâv,] {wav} and [Yôwd,] {yood.}
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Sallai. the chief."The chief of the priests" seem to have been the heads of the courses established by David.
1Ch 24:18
of Jeshua.
1; Ezr 3:2; Hag 1:1; Zec 3:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Nehemiah 12:6

    Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

  • Nehemiah 12:7

    Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

  • Nehemiah 12:8

    Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

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Nehemiah 12:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sallum, Amoc, Hilcías, Jedaías. Estos eran los príncipes de los sacerdotes y sus hermanos en los días de Jesuá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Sallu, Amok, Hilkija, Jedahia. Ce sont là les chefs des sacrificateurs et de leurs frères, aux jours de Jéshua.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sallu, Amok, Hilkija, Jedaja. Das waren die Häupter der Priester und ihrer Brüder in den Tagen Jeschuas. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Idaia. Isti principes sacerdotum, et fratres eorum in diebus Josue.