Rashi
Jewish
1040–1105
“huyedoth [This was] a type of musical instrument which accompanied the songs.”
The interpretation timeline
Neh 12:8
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
1 Jewish · 1 Reformed · 1 Methodist · 1 Catholic
Neh 12:8 · Douay-Rheims
“And the Levites, Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Juda, Mathanias, they and their brethren were over the hymns:”
Scholastic
c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
666 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill
Reformed
1697–1771
“Moreover the Levites,.... Who lived in the same times: were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah; most of these are made mention of in Neh 8:7, the last of them is said to be over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren; he was the precentor, or had the directing and conducting of the songs of the temple, particularly the thanksgiving song at the daily sacrifices; Jarchi takes the word here used to be the name of a musical instrument.”
1832
A.D.
Adam Clarke
Methodist
1762–1832
“Over the thanksgiving - The principal singers: See on Neh 11:17 (note).”
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Hymns. To preside over the bands, chap. xi. 17. (Calmet)”
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.