15Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
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And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-44)The method of proceeding in this matter being concluded on, and the congregation dismissed, that each in his respective place might gain and give intelligence to facilitate the matter, we are here told, 1. Who were the persons that undertook to manage the matter and bring the causes regularly before the commissioners— Jonathan and Jahaziah , two active men, whether of the priests or of the people…
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