Nehemiah 11:16
Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
Note had…: Heb. were over
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of God’s house;
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Shabbethai
- Nehemiah 8:7
- had the oversight of
- Heb. were over.
- 1 Chronicles 26:20
- outward
- Calmet supposes they provided the victuals for the priests, the victims for the sacrifices, the sacerdotal vestments, the sacred vessels, and other necessaries for the service of the temple.
- Acts 6:2, 3