Nehemiah 12:40

40 The two choirs that gave thanks then took their places in the house of God; so did I, together with half the officials,

Nehemiah 12:40 in Other Translations

40 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:

40 So both choirs of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

40 The two choirs that were giving thanks then proceeded to the Temple of God, where they took their places. So did I, together with the group of leaders who were with me.

40 The two choirs then took their places in The Temple of God. I was there with half of the officials,

40 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;

40 So both choirs stood in God's temple, as did I and the half of the leaders who were with me.

40 The two thanksgiving processions stood in the house of God. So [did] I and half of the officials accompanying me, as well as

40 Then the two choirs that sang and gave thanks took their places in God's house. So did I. So did half of the officials.

Nehemiah 12:40 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:40

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the
house of God
Having made their procession on the wall in different ways, they met in the temple, that is, in the great court of it, for no other would hold them:

and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
Nehemiah, and the other half with Hoshaiah, ( Nehemiah 12:32 ) .

Nehemiah 12:40 In-Context

38 The second choir proceeded in the opposite direction. I followed them on top of the wall, together with half the people—past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

39 over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.

40 The two choirs that gave thanks then took their places in the house of God; so did I, together with half the officials,

41 as well as the priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah with their trumpets—

42 and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam and Ezer. The choirs sang under the direction of Jezrahiah.