OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 12:26

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These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe.

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Verse 26. Scribe. Could these records have any greater authority than Nehemias himself? It seems, therefore, that this had been added by a later hand, whose testimony is perfectly authentic and inspired. Calmet.—Nehemias might also refer to some records which he, or some other, had drawn up. Bible.

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