Nehemiah 12:21 Explained in Context

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Verse 21. Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

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Role in This Section

This verse closes the house-head roster with Hilkiah-Hashabiah and Jedaiah-Nethaneel.

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Nehemiah 12:12–12:21

Read Nehemiah 12:12–12:21 together. This verse closes the house-head roster with Hilkiah-Hashabiah and Jedaiah-Nethaneel. Read Nehemiah 12:12–12:21 as one complete scene: The text records heads for priestly families during Joiakim's high-priesthood.

Why It Needs Context

This line performs one particular step inside Nehemiah 12:12–12:21; read it with the unit's movement. Some names are difficult, duplicated, or absent in parallels; scribal transmission and source layering are plausible but not exactly recoverable. Specifically, this verse closes the house-head roster with Hilkiah-Hashabiah and Jedaiah-Nethaneel.

Read Nehemiah 12:12–21 together

Why these verses belong together: The uninterrupted pairing of priestly houses with heads in Joiakim's generation forms one archival roster.

Verse 12. And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

Verse 13. Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

Verse 14. Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

Verse 15. Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

Verse 16. Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

Verse 17. Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

Verse 18. Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

Verse 19. And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

Verse 20. Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

Verse 21. Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

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Read Nehemiah 12:12–12:21 — Priestly family heads are listed for Joiakim's days

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