Neh 11:3-9 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 3 Now these are the chief - A good deal of difference will be found between the enumeration here and that in , etc. There, those only who came with Zerubbabel appear to be numbered; here, those, and the persons who came with Ezra and Nehemiah, enter into the account.

‏ Nehemiah 11:3-9

Verse 3

Now these are the chief - A good deal of difference will be found between the enumeration here and that in 1Chr 9:2, etc. There, those only who came with Zerubbabel appear to be numbered; here, those, and the persons who came with Ezra and Nehemiah, enter into the account. Verse 9

And Joel - was their overseer - Joel was chief or magistrate over those, and Judah was his second or deputy. Perhaps each had a different office, but that of Joel was the chief.