Nehemiah 12:13 Meaning and Explanation
“Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The heads of the houses of Ezra and Amariah in Joiakim's day are Meshullam and Jehohanan.
What Does Nehemiah 12:13 Mean?
The catalog of family heads continues, matching each ancestral house to the man who led it in Joiakim's generation. The name Jehohanan means the Lord is gracious.
Even a bare list can preach. Threaded through these Hebrew names are confessions of faith: God is gracious, God remembers, God gives. Parents named their sons as small creeds, hoping each child would carry the truth of God forward into his own day.
Nehemiah 12:13 in the Original Language
Jehohanan (יְהוֹחָנָן), 'the LORD is gracious' -- a name confessing God's grace, later borne in the form John.
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What does Nehemiah 12:13 mean?
The heads of the houses of Ezra and Amariah in Joiakim's day are Meshullam and Jehohanan.