Nehemiah 12:1-40 ▼

1 And these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,

5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

8 And the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah—he over the songs of praise—and his brothers,

9 and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were opposite them in the services.

10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

11 and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

12 And in the days of Joiakim were the priests, the heads of the fathers: For Seraiah, Meraiah; for Jeremiah, Hananiah;

13 for Ezra, Meshullam; for Amariah, Jehohanan;

14 for Malluchi, Jonathan; for Shebaniah, Joseph;

15 for Harim, Adna; for Meraioth, Helkai;

16 for Iddo, Zechariah; for Ginnethon, Meshullam;

17 for Abijah, Zichri; for Minjamin, for Moadiah, Piltai;

18 for Bilgah, Shammua; for Shemaiah, Jonathan;

19 and for Joiarib, Mattenai; for Jedaiah, Uzzi;

20 for Sallai, Kallai; for Amok, Eber;

21 for Hilkiah, Hashabiah; for Jedaiah, Nethanel.

22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded as heads of fathers and priests during the reign of Darius the Persian.

23 The sons of Levi, the heads of the fathers, were written in the book of the Words of the Days, even until the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

24 And the heads of the Levites were: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers standing in front of them, to praise and to give thanks, by the command of David the man of God, watch beside watch.

25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub, were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.

26 These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe.

27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to make the dedication with gladness, and with praises, and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and with lyres.

28 And the sons of the singers gathered together from the circuit around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathite,

29 and from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.

30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

31 Then I brought up the leaders of Judah upon the wall, and I made stand two great thanksgiving groups, and one went to the south upon the wall toward the Gate of the Dunghill.

32 And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah,

33 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

35 and some from the sons of the priests with the trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,

36 and his brothers—Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani—with instruments of song of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

37 And at the Gate of the Fountain and in front of them they went up on the stairs of the City of David, on the ascent to the wall, up above the house of David, and up to the Gate of the Water eastward.

38 And the second thanksgiving group was proceeding opposite, and I was behind it, and half of the people on the wall above the Tower of the Ovens and up to the Broad Wall.

39 And above the Gate of Ephraim, and above the Gate of Jeshanah, and above the Gate of the Fish, and the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, and up to the Gate of the Sheep, and they stood by the Gate of the Guard.

40 And the two thanksgiving groups stood in the house of God, and I, and half of the officials with me,