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Nehemiah 12:42

and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records additional Levitical singers during a post-exilic dedication procession in Jerusalem, positioned between the trumpeting priests of Nehemiah 12:41 and the communal sacrifices of Nehemiah 12:43.

The words — The text supplies Hebrew proper names like Maaseiah (u./ma.'a.se.Yah, literal sense "act of Yahweh") and Shemaiah (u./she.ma'.Yah, literal sense "Yahweh has heard") to identify specific choir members.

The thread — This roster of worship personnel parallels the organizational lists in Nehemiah 11:14 and aligns with the psalmic directives to sing for joy in Psalms 81:1 and Psalms 95:1.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to acknowledge that restored community worship functioned through designated personnel and structured direction rather than unorganized assembly.

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The Hebrew words

וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֨הu./ma.'a.se.Yahand/ Maaseiahוּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜הu./she.ma'.Yahand/ Shemaiahוְאֶלְעָזָ֧רve./'el.'a.Zarand/ Eleazarוְעֻזִּ֛יve./'u.Ziand/ Uzziוִֽיהוֹחָנָ֥ןvi./ho.cha.Nanand/ Jehohananוּמַלְכִּיָּ֖הu./mal.ki.Yahand/ Malkijahוְעֵילָ֣םve./'ei.Lamand/ Elamוָעָ֑זֶרva./'A.zerand/ Ezerוַיַּשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙va/i.yash.Mi.'uand/ they caused to hearהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔יםha/m.Sho.re.Rimthe/ singersוְיִֽזְרַחְיָ֖הve./yiz.rach.Yahand/ Izrahiahהַפָּקִֽיד׃ha./pa.Kid[was] the/ overseer

King James Version

And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

Cross-references

People named

ElamEleazarEzerJehohananJezrahiahMaaseiahMalchijahShemaiahUzzi