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Ezra 8:33

Ezra 8:33

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Meremoth the son of Uriah, or Urijah, was one of the heads of the priestly order, both under Ezra and under Nehemiah. He is mentioned as repairing two pieces of the wall of Jerusalem when Nehemiah was governor (, ), and also as one of those who set their seal to the covenant with God which the whole people entered into, under Ezra's and Nehemiah's guidance, shortly after the completion of the wall, in b.

c. 444. Eleazar the son of Phinehas is perhaps the Eleazar mentioned as taking part in the dedication of the wall (). Like Meremoth, he was a priest. Jozabad and Noadiah, chief Levites, occur again in , and ; ; and .

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