Bible Strands
Nehemiah 10:11
Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler records a list of Levitical signatories who affix their names to the renewed covenant document after the wall's completion. The text functions as an administrative roll rather than a spoken discourse.
The words — מִיכָ֥א (mi.Kha') translates literally to Mica, and חֲשַׁבְיָֽה (cha.shav.Yah) means Hashabiah. These proper names identify specific individuals within the Levitical roster without descriptive titles.
The thread — Hashabiah appears in Ezra 8:19 and Ezra 8:24 as a Levitical leader and priest, and in Nehemiah 11:15 as an ancestor in a priestly lineage. The name tracks the continuity of Levitical administration across the post-exilic restoration.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that covenant fidelity rests on named, accountable individuals rather than abstract groups. It requires the reader to trace how specific Levitical families maintained institutional memory and service across generations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
Cross-references
- Ezra 8:19 also Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.
- Ezra 8:24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
- Nehemiah 11:15 From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
- Nehemiah 11:22 Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.
- Nehemiah 12:24 The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.