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and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
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Personal Role in Worship
Commentators note that this verse lists the personal names of the priests who participated in the dedication, not just their family lines. Scholars like John Gill explain their role was to sound the trumpets for the joyful occasion. This detail emphasizes that God recognizes and values the specific, individual contributions of each person in corporate acts of worship and celebration.
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Nehemiah
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19th Century
Anglican
And the priests. —Like the names of the priests and Levites in Nehemiah 12:35, these are personal; not to be found in the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the priests They stood there also, whose names follow:
Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elio…
Presbyterian
All our cities, all our houses, must have holiness to the Lord written upon them. The believer should undertake nothing that he does not d…
