Nehemiah 12:2

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Hebrew Names Version
Amaryah, Mallukh, Hattush,

King James Version
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

English Standard Version
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

New Century Version
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

New English Translation
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Amplified Bible
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

New American Standard Bible
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

World English Bible
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Legacy Standard Bible
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Berean Standard Bible
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Contemporary English Version
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Complete Jewish Bible
Amaryah, Malukh, Hatush,

Darby Translation
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Easy-to-Read Version
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

George Lamsa Translation
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Good News Translation
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Lexham English Bible
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Literal Translation
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Amaria, Malluch, Hattus,

American Standard Version
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Bible in Basic English
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Amaria, Malluch, Hattus,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush;

King James Version (1611)
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Amaria, Maluch,

English Revised Version
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Esdras, Amarie, Melluch, Accus,

Update Bible Version
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Webster's Bible Translation
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

New King James Version
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

New Living Translation
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

New Life Bible
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

New Revised Standard
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Amaria, Melluch, Hattus,

Revised Standard Version
Amari'ah, Malluch, Hattush,

Young's Literal Translation
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Contextual Overview

¹These are the priests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah, Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah, Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests during the time of Jeshua. ⁸And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah; Mattaniah, with his brothers, was in charge of songs of praise, and their brothers Bakbukiah and Unni stood opposite them in the services of worship. ¹⁰Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim fathered Eliashib, Eliashib fathered Joiada, Joiada fathered Jonathan, and Jonathan fathered Jaddua. ¹²During the time of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; of Malluch, Jonathan; of Shecaniah, Joseph; of Harim, Adna; of Meremoth, Helkai; of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; of Abijah, Zicri; of Miniamin and Moadiah, Piltai; of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; of Sallu, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; and of Jedaiah, Nethanel. ²² During the time of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the Levites were registered as heads of families. During the reign of Darius the Persian, the priests were registered. ²³The Levites who were heads of families were registered in the Book of the Chronicles until the time of Johanan son of Eliashib. These were: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel. Their brothers stood opposite them to give praise and thanksgiving, one side responding to the other, as had been directed by David the man of God. ²⁵The security guards included: Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub. They guarded the storerooms at the gates. They lived during the time of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, the time of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scholar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Malluch: Nehemiah 12:14, Melicu

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 10:3 - Amariah Nehemiah 10:4 - Malluch

Cross-References

Genesis 12:4
So Abram left just as God said, and Lot left with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot with him, along with all the possessions and people they had gotten in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan and arrived safe and sound. Abram passed through the country as far as Shechem and the Oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites occupied the land.

Genesis 12:8
He moved on from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent between Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there and prayed to God .

Genesis 12:9
Abram kept moving, steadily making his way south, to the Negev.

Genesis 12:10
Then a famine came to the land. Abram went down to Egypt to live; it was a hard famine. As he drew near to Egypt, he said to his wife, Sarai, "Look. We both know that you're a beautiful woman. When the Egyptians see you they're going to say, ‘Aha! That's his wife!' and kill me. But they'll let you live. Do me a favor: tell them you're my sister. Because of you, they'll welcome me and let me live."

Genesis 12:14
When Abram arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians took one look and saw that his wife was stunningly beautiful. Pharaoh's princes raved over her to Pharaoh. She was taken to live with Pharaoh.

Genesis 12:16
Because of her, Abram got along very well: he accumulated sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, men and women servants, and camels. But God hit Pharaoh hard because of Abram's wife Sarai; everybody in the palace got seriously sick.

Genesis 12:18
Pharaoh called for Abram, "What's this that you've done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she's your wife? Why did you say, ‘She's my sister' so that I'd take her as my wife? Here's your wife back—take her and get out!"

Genesis 15:5
Then he took him outside and said, "Look at the sky. Count the stars. Can you do it? Count your descendants! You're going to have a big family, Abram!"

Genesis 19:29
And that's the story: When God destroyed the Cities of the Plain, he was mindful of Abraham and first got Lot out of there before he blasted those cities off the face of the Earth.

Genesis 35:11
God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 2-7. Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,.... Whose names are among the sealers of the covenant, Nehemiah 10:3. Malluch is afterwards called Melicu, Nehemiah 12:14,

Shechaniah, called Shebaniah, Nehemiah 12:14 and so in Nehemiah 10:4

Rehum, who, by transposition of letters, is Harim, Nehemiah 12:15, and so in Nehemiah 10:5.

Meremoth, called Meraioth, Nehemiah 12:15,

Iddo, Ginnetho, read Ginnethon, Nehemiah 12:16 so in Nehemiah 10:6.

Abijah; there was a course of a priest of this name, of which Zechariah the father of John the Baptist was, Luke 1:5.

Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah; the first two are called Miniamin and Moadiah, Nehemiah 12:17.

Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, Sallu; called Sallai, Nehemiah 12:20.

Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah these were the chief of the priests, and of their brethren, in the days of Jeshua; heads of courses; or, however, priests of the greatest note in the times of Jeshua the high priest.