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The sons of Levi, heads of fathers` [houses], were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
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A Later Update to the Text
Multiple commentators, including Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott, identify this verse as a later addition to the original text of Nehemiah. They suggest it was likely inserted around the time of Alexander the Great to update the genealogical records, showing how the biblical text was carefully preserved and updated for later generations.
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Nehemiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These verses interrupt the account of the church officers in the time of Joiakim, resumed in (Nehemiah 12:24). They appear to be an add…
19th Century
Anglican
The Levites. —Here is an evident interpolation. The writer says that the records of the heads of courses were continued down to Ja…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles
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