Nehemiah 12:34 (KJV)

What does Nehemiah 12:34 mean?

Nehemiah 12:34 names four people who took part in a procession celebrating the dedication of Jerusalem’s rebuilt wall. The names continue a longer list of people in the group led by Ezra.

The verse is part of a sentence that runs across several verses. The procession included leaders and priests, and the names make individual participants part of the account of the celebration.

Where else these words appear

“Shemaiah” Hebrew H8098 · used in 39 verses

1 Kings 12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
2 Chronicles 11:2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Nehemiah 6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

“Jeremiah” Hebrew H3414 · used in 133 verses

2 Kings 23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Jeremiah 29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
Jeremiah 38:9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.