Jezrahiah

Jezrahiah is named once in the dedication of the rebuilt wall of Jerusalem, where he is the overseer of the singers as the two thanksgiving choirs converge at the temple.

Overseer of the Singers at the Wall Dedication

The dedication scene in Nehemiah 12 has two great companies marching on the wall and meeting at the house of God. Standing in their place are the priests with trumpets and a roster of Levitical singers — "and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer" (Neh 12:42).

The single descriptor — "their overseer" — places Jezrahiah at the head of the singers' performance during a sacrificial day of "great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far off" (Neh 12:43). His name surfaces only at the moment the choir's volume crests, framing him as the one who directed the loud singing that defined the day.