Nehemiah 11:10 - Exposition

Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin . Rather, "Of the priests, Jedaiah, Joiarib, Jachin." The word ben, "son," has once more accidentally crept in. The writer here passes from personal to famfiy names. Jedaiah and Joiarib were two of the chief priestly families, and are usually mentioned together ( 1 Chronicles 24:7 ; Nehemiah 12:6 , Nehemiah 12:19 , etc.). Jachin was a priestly family of much less distinction, descended probably from the head of the twenty-first course in David's time ( 1 Chronicles 24:17 ).