121 Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and Jeshua : Seraiah , Jeremiah , Ezra , 2 Amariah , Malluch , Hattush , 3 Shecaniah , Rehum , Meremoth , 4 Iddo , Ginnethoi , Abijah , 5 Mijamin , Maadiah , Bilgah , 6 Shemaiah and Joiarib , Jedaiah , 7 Sallu , Amok , Hilkiah and Jedaiah . These were the heads of the priests and their kinsmen in the days of Jeshua . 8 The Levites were Jeshua , Binnui , Kadmiel , Sherebiah , Judah , and Mattaniah who was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving , he and his brothers . 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni , their brothers , stood opposite them in their service divisions .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nehemiah 12:1-9
Commentary on Nehemiah 12:1-26
(Read Nehemiah 12:1-26)
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.