Albert Barnes Commentary Nehemiah 8:7

Albert Barnes Commentary

Nehemiah 8:7

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Nehemiah 8:7

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people [stood] in their place." — Nehemiah 8:7 (ASV)

The names here (and in Nehemiah 9:4, Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:9) seem not to be the personal names of individuals, but rather designations of Levitical families, the descendants respectively of Jeshua, etc., who lived not later than the time of Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:43; Nehemiah 12:8).