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The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, [were] recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
Nehemiah 12:22 — KJV
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Nehemiah 12:22
King James Version (KJV)
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Nehemiah 12:22
Verse 22 of 47
Commentary
Commentary on Nehemiah 12:22
Theological / DevotionalEliashib. For the high priests here mentioned, see on vs. 10, 11.
Darius the Persian. The “reign of Darius” seems to be the terminal point of the author’s various lists of ecclesiastical officers. The Darius of this verse is either Darius II (424/23-405/04 B.C.) or Darius III, the last Persian monarch (336-331 B.C.), who was defeated by Alexander the Great. Most commentators identify “Darius the Persian” with Darius III, on the basis that the Jaddua of Josephus (Antiquities xi 8. 4, 5) is the Jaddua of Neh. 12:11 and 22. But it is far from certain that Josephus’ Jaddua is to be identified with the Jaddua of Neh. 12:11 (see p. 372). It is far more probable that “Darius the Persian” is Darius II. That this term is no evidence for a late authorship of the book of Nehemiah, as has sometimes been asserted, is apparent from the use of the same term by Herodotus (ii. 110,158).
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