King James Version
Nehemiah 12:40 in the King James Version says “So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:”
Nehemiah 12:40 · KJV
And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. sang: Heb. made their voice to be heard
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“So stood”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“companies of them that gave thanks”
H8426properly, an extension of the hand, i.e., (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers
“in the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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