12:17 Of {f} Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
(f) Of which was Zachariah, John the Baptist's father.
12:1-26 It is a debt we owe to faithful ministers, to remember our guides, who have spoken to us the word of God. It is good to know what our godly predecessors were, that we may learn what we should be.