Passage Research
Nehemiah 12 — Sermon Preparation
The roster of priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel is given, and the dedication of the wall is celebrated with two great processions and singing. Below is a research summary for Nehemiah 12, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 47
- verses
- 471 / 215
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Nehemiah 12 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֵוִיִּי | Lêvîyîy | H3881 | 10 | Levite |
| שִׁיר | shîyr | H7891 | 9 | song, singing |
| שַׁעַר | shaʻar | H8179 | 10 | opening, door |
| כֹּהֵן | kôhên | H3548 | 10 | officiating, priest |
| יֵשׁוּעַ | Yêshûwaʻ | H3442 | 6 | Jeshua |
| חוֹמָה | chôwmâh | H2346 | 7 | wall |
| שְׁמַעְיָה | Shᵉmaʻyâh | H8098 | 6 | Shemajah |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Nehemiah 12, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Nehemiah 12:1–26 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Neh 12:27
- Azmaveth— Neh 12:29
- Beth-gilgal— Neh 12:29
- Geba 1— Neh 12:29
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