Matthew Henry · Verses 1–26
It is a debt we owe to faithful ministers, to remember our guides, who have spoken to us the word of God. It is good to know what our godly predecessors were, that we may learn what we should be.
Nehemiah 12:22
As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
BSB
In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
KJV
The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
ASV
As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ [houses]; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
BBE
The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were listed as heads of families; and the priests, when Darius the Persian was king.
Original Hebrew
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הַלְוִיִּם
hal·vi·yim
the Levites
H3881
בִּימֵי
bi·mei
in [the] days of
H3117
אֶלְיָשִׁיב
'el·ya·shiv
Eliashib
H475
יוֹיָדָע
yo·ya·da'
Joiada
H3111
וְיוֹחָנָן
ve·yo·cha·nan
and Johanan
H3110
וְיַדּוּעַ
ve·ya·du·a'
and Jaddua
H3037
כְּתוּבִים
ke·tu·vim
[were] recorded
H3789
רָאשֵׁי
ra·shei
leaders of
H7218
אָבוֹת
'a·vot
fathers
H1
וְהַכֹּהֲנִים
ve·ha·ko·ha·nim
and the priests
H3548
עַל־
'al-
on
H5921
מַלְכוּת
mal·khut
[the] reign of
H4438
דָּרְיָוֶשׁ
da·re·ya·vesh
Darius
H1867
הַפָּרְסִי פ
ha·pa·re·si
the Persian
H6542
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