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Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 10:9

Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 10:9

And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

9 13. The Levites

9. both Jeshua ] R.V. namely, Jeshua. The ‘copula’ is used definitively as in Neh 9:16-22. But some of the best MSS. omit it altogether.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

[See comments on Ne 10:1].

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(9) And the Levites.Five of these family names are traceable (Ezr. 2:40; Ezr. 8:19; Neh. 7:43).

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

The Names Of The Leading Levites Who Sealed The Agreement ( Neh 10:9-13 ).

Neh 10:9

‘And the Levites:’

Next come the names of the leading Levites. But they were much more involved with the people than the priests (as chapter 9 has made clear). Thus their heading comes prior to their names.

Neh 10:9

‘Namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;’

The three chief Levites are named first. Compare for these names Neh 8:7, where these three also come first, and Neh 12:8 which makes clear that they are family names (for that three came with Zerubbabel).

They are then followed by ‘their brothers’.

Neh 10:10

‘And their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,’  10:11 ‘Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,’  10:12 ‘Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,’  10:13 ‘Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.’

Note how six of these are named among the Levites involved in the expounding of the Law in chapter Neh 8:7, namely Jeshua, Bani (Binnui), Sherebiah, Hodiah (Hodijah), Kelita, Hanan (Hanin). Furthermore a Sherebiah was a prominent Levite member of Ezra’s expedition (Ezr 8:18). The repetition of names such as Shebaniah and Hodiah is an indication of how common such names were, especially among the Levites.

Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett

Jeshua: Neh 3:19, Neh 7:43, Neh 8:7, Neh 9:4

Henadad: Neh 3:18, Neh 3:24, Neh 12:8, Neh 12:24

Reciprocal: Ezr 8:33 – Binnui

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge