Nehemiah 12:7

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“Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.”

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BSBPD

“Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these <FI>are<Fi> heads of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Nehemiah 12:7 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Chronicles 24:18the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
  2. Ezra 3:2Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
  3. Nehemiah 12:1Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
  4. Haggai 1:1In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
  5. Zechariah 3:1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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