Nehemiah 12:24 - Exposition

Hashabiah . See above, Nehemiah 9:5 ; Nehemiah 10:11 . Sherebiah . Compare Nehemiah 9:4 , Nehemiah 9:5 ; Nehemiah 10:12 ; Nehemiah 12:8 . Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel . For ben , "son," we should probably read "Bani," a common Levitical name ( Nehemiah 9:4 , Nehemiah 9:5 ; Nehemiah 10:13 ), in which case the passage would run as follows:—"And the chief of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, with their brethren," etc. To praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David. Compare 1 Chronicles 15:16 ; 1 Chronicles 23:5 ; 1 Chronicles 25:3 , etc. Man of God is an epithet not often applied to David. It occurs, however, again in verse 36, and also in 2 Chronicles 8:14 . Ward over against ward . Antiphonically—division over against division.