Nehemiah 12:7

Nehemiah · Old Testament · Chapter 12

“Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.”Nehemiah 12:7

What Does Nehemiah 12:7 Mean?

Nehemiah 12:7 is found in the book of Nehemiah, chapter 12, verse 7 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 8 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (8)

These passages are connected to Nehemiah 12:7 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Matthew 16:21“From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.”1 Chronicles 24:18“The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.”Ezra 3:2“Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.”Nehemiah 7:7“Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;”Nehemiah 12:1“Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,”Haggai 1:1“In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,”Zechariah 3:1“And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.”Matthew 2:4“And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.”

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