12Nehemiah 12

1And these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua; Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,Select Nehemiah 12:1

2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,Select Nehemiah 12:2

3Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,Select Nehemiah 12:3

4Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,Select Nehemiah 12:4

5Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,Select Nehemiah 12:5

6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,Select Nehemiah 12:6

7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these are heads of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.Select Nehemiah 12:7

8And the Levites are Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, he is over the thanksgiving, and his brethren,Select Nehemiah 12:8

9and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, are over-against them in charges.Select Nehemiah 12:9

10And Jeshua hath begotten Joiakim, and Joiakim hath begotten Eliashib, and Eliashib hath begotten Joiada,Select Nehemiah 12:10

11and Joiada hath begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan hath begotten Jaddua.Select Nehemiah 12:11

12And in the days of Joiakim have been priests, heads of the fathers; of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;Select Nehemiah 12:12

13of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;Select Nehemiah 12:13

14of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;Select Nehemiah 12:14

15of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;Select Nehemiah 12:15

16of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;Select Nehemiah 12:16

17of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin; of Moadiah, Piltai;Select Nehemiah 12:17

18of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;Select Nehemiah 12:18

19and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;Select Nehemiah 12:19

20of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;Select Nehemiah 12:20

21of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.Select Nehemiah 12:21

22The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, are written, heads of fathers, and of the priests, in the kingdom of Darius the Persian.Select Nehemiah 12:22

23Sons of Levi, heads of the fathers, are written on the book of the Chronicles even till the days of Johanan son of Eliashib;Select Nehemiah 12:23

24and heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brethren, are over-against them, to give praise, to give thanks, by command of David the man of God, charge over-against charge.Select Nehemiah 12:24

25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, are gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of the gates.Select Nehemiah 12:25

26These are in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.Select Nehemiah 12:26

27And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them in to Jerusalem, to make the dedication even with gladness, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps;Select Nehemiah 12:27

28and sons of the singers are gathered together even from the circuit round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,Select Nehemiah 12:28

29and from the house of Gilgal, and from fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for villages have the singers built for themselves round about Jerusalem;Select Nehemiah 12:29

30and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.Select Nehemiah 12:30

31And I bring up the heads of Judah upon the wall, and appoint two great thanksgiving companies and processions. At the right, on the wall, to the dung-gate;Select Nehemiah 12:31

32and after them goeth Hoshaiah, and half of the heads of Judah,Select Nehemiah 12:32

33and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,Select Nehemiah 12:33

34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;Select Nehemiah 12:34

35and of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,Select Nehemiah 12:35

36and his brethren Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with instruments of song of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe is before them;Select Nehemiah 12:36

37and by the gate of the fountain and over-against them, they have gone up by the steps of the city of David, at the going up of the wall beyond the house of David, and unto the water-gate eastward.Select Nehemiah 12:37

38And the second thanksgiving company that is going over-against, and I after it, and half of the people on the wall from beyond the tower of the furnaces and unto the broad wall,Select Nehemiah 12:38

39and from beyond the gate of Ephraim, and by the old-gate, and by the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, and unto the sheep-gate--and they have stood at the prison-gate.Select Nehemiah 12:39

40And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,Select Nehemiah 12:40

41and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets,Select Nehemiah 12:41

42and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;Select Nehemiah 12:42

43and they sacrifice on that day great sacrifices and rejoice, for God hath made them rejoice with great joy, and also, the women and the children have rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem is heard--unto a distance.Select Nehemiah 12:43

44And certain are appointed on that day over the chambers for treasures, for heave-offerings, for first-fruits, and for tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for priests, and for Levites, for the joy of Judah is over the priests, and over the Levites, who are standing up.Select Nehemiah 12:44

45And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing--according to the command of David and Solomon his son,Select Nehemiah 12:45

46for in the days of David and Asaph of old were heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.Select Nehemiah 12:46

47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, are giving the portions of the singers, and of the gatekeepers, the matter of a day in its day, and are sanctifying to the Levites, and the Levites are sanctifying to the sons of Aaron.Select Nehemiah 12:47