Nehemiah 12
1 Now these are the
priests and the
Levites that went
up with
Zerubbabel the
son of
Shealtiel, and
Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, and
Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the
chief of the
priests and of their
brethren in the
days of
Jeshua. 8 Moreover the
Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and
Mattaniah, which was over the
thanksgiving, he and his
brethren. 9 Also
Bakbukiah and
Unni, their
brethren, were over against them in the
watches. 10 And
Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also
begat Eliashib, and
Eliashib begat Joiada, 11 And
Joiada begat Jonathan, and
Jonathan begat Jaddua. 12 And in the
days of
Joiakim were
priests, the
chief of the
fathers: of
Seraiah, Meraiah; of
Jeremiah, Hananiah; 13 Of
Ezra, Meshullam; of
Amariah, Jehohanan; 14 Of
Melicu, Jonathan; of
Shebaniah, Joseph; 15 Of
Harim, Adna; of
Meraioth, Helkai; 16 Of
Iddo, Zechariah; of
Ginnethon, Meshullam; 17 Of
Abijah, Zichri; of
Miniamin, of
Moadiah, Piltai; 18 Of
Bilgah, Shammua; of
Shemaiah, Jehonathan; 19 And of
Joiarib, Mattenai; of
Jedaiah, Uzzi; 20 Of
Sallai, Kallai; of
Amok, Eber; 21 Of
Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of
Jedaiah, Nethaneel. 22 The
Levites in the
days of
Eliashib, Joiada, and
Johanan, and
Jaddua, were
recorded chief of the
fathers: also the
priests, to the
reign of
Darius the
Persian. 23 The
sons of
Levi, the
chief of the
fathers, were
written in the
book of the
chronicles, even until the
days of
Johanan the
son of
Eliashib. 24 And the
chief of the
Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and
Jeshua the
son of
Kadmiel, with their
brethren over against them, to
praise and to give
thanks, according to the
commandment of
David the
man of
God, ward over
against ward. 25 Mattaniah, and
Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were
porters keeping the
ward at the
thresholds of the
gates. 26 These were in the
days of
Joiakim the
son of
Jeshua, the
son of
Jozadak, and in the
days of
Nehemiah the
governor, and of
Ezra the
priest, the
scribe.
27 And at the
dedication of the
wall of
Jerusalem they
sought the
Levites out of all their
places, to
bring them to
Jerusalem, to
keep the
dedication with
gladness, both with
thanksgivings, and with
singing, with
cymbals, psalteries, and with
harps. 28 And the
sons of the
singers gathered themselves
together, both out of the plain
country round
about Jerusalem, and from the
villages of
Netophathi; 29 Also from the
house of
Gilgal, and out of the
fields of
Geba and
Azmaveth: for the
singers had
builded them
villages round
about Jerusalem. 30 And the
priests and the
Levites purified themselves, and
purified the
people, and the
gates, and the
wall. 31 Then I brought
up the
princes of
Judah upon the
wall, and
appointed two great companies of them that gave
thanks, whereof one
went on the right
hand upon the
wall toward the
dung gate: 32 And
after them
went Hoshaiah, and
half of the
princes of
Judah, 33 And
Azariah, Ezra, and
Meshullam, 34 Judah, and
Benjamin, and
Shemaiah, and
Jeremiah, 35 And certain of the
priests' sons with
trumpets; namely,
Zechariah the
son of
Jonathan, the
son of
Shemaiah, the
son of
Mattaniah, the
son of
Michaiah, the
son of
Zaccur, the
son of
Asaph: 36 And his
brethren, Shemaiah, and
Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and
Judah, Hanani, with the
musical instruments of
David the
man of
God, and
Ezra the
scribe before them.
37 And at the
fountain gate, which was over against them, they went
up by the
stairs of the
city of
David, at the going
up of the
wall, above the
house of
David, even unto the
water gate eastward. 38 And the
other company of them that gave
thanks went over
against them, and I
after them, and the
half of the
people upon the
wall, from beyond the
tower of the
furnaces even unto the
broad wall; 39 And from above the
gate of
Ephraim, and above the
old gate, and above the
fish gate, and the
tower of
Hananeel, and the
tower of
Meah, even unto the
sheep gate: and they stood
still in the
prison gate. 40 So
stood the
two companies of them that gave
thanks in the
house of
God, and I, and the
half of the
rulers with me:
41 And the
priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and
Hananiah, with
trumpets; 42 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. 43 Also that
day they
offered great sacrifices, and
rejoiced: for
God had made them
rejoice with
great joy: the
wives also and the
children rejoiced: so that the
joy of
Jerusalem was
heard even afar
off. 44 And at that
time were
some appointed over the
chambers for the
treasures, for the
offerings, for the
firstfruits, and for the
tithes, to
gather into them out of the
fields of the
cities the
portions of the
law for the
priests and
Levites: for
Judah rejoiced for the
priests and for the
Levites that
waited.
45 And both the
singers and the
porters kept the
ward of their
God, and the
ward of the
purification, according to the
commandment of
David, and of
Solomon his
son. 46 For in the
days of
David and
Asaph of
old there were
chief of the
singers, and
songs of
praise and
thanksgiving unto
God. 47 And all
Israel in the
days of
Zerubbabel, and in the
days of
Nehemiah, gave the
portions of the
singers and the
porters, every
day his
portion: and they
sanctified holy things unto the
Levites; and the
Levites sanctified them unto the
children of
Aaron.