Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Nehemiah 12:10 - 12:10

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Nehemiah 12:10 - 12:10


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A note on the genealogy of the high-priestly line from Jeshua to Jaddua is inserted, so to speak, as a connecting link between the lists of Levites, to explain the statements concerning the dates of their composition, - dates defined by the name of the respective high priests. The lists given Neh 12:1 were of the time of Jeshua; those from Neh 12:12 and onwards, of the days of Joiakim and his successors. The name יֹונָתָן, as is obvious from Neh 12:22 and Neh 12:23, is a clerical error for יֹוחָנָן, Johanan, Greek Ἰωάννης, of whom we are told, Joseph. Ant. xi. 7. 1, that he murdered his brother Jesus, and thus gave Bagoses, the general of Artaxerxes Mnemon, an opportunity for taking severe measures against the Jews.