Nehemiah 12

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

²Amariah , Malluch , Hattush ,

³Shecaniah , Rehum , Meremoth ,

⁴Iddo , Ginnethoi , Abijah ,

⁵Mijamin , Maadiah , Bilgah ,

⁶Shemaiah , Joiarib , Jedaiah ,

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

⁸And the Levites : Jeshua , Binnui , Kadmiel , Sherebiah , Judah , and Mattaniah , who with his brothers was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving .

⁹And Bakbukiah and Unni and their brothers stood opposite them in the service .

¹⁰And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim , Joiakim the father of Eliashib , Eliashib the father of Joiada ,

¹¹Joiada the father of Jonathan , and Jonathan the father of Jaddua .

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

¹³of Ezra , Meshullam ; of Amariah , Jehohanan ;

¹⁴of Malluchi , Jonathan ; of Shebaniah , Joseph ;

¹⁵of Harim , Adna ; of Meraioth , Helkai ;

¹⁶of Iddo , Zechariah ; of Ginnethon , Meshullam ;

¹⁷of Abijah , Zichri ; of Miniamin , of Moadiah , Piltai ;

¹⁸of Bilgah , Shammua ; of Shemaiah , Jehonathan ;

¹⁹of Joiarib , Mattenai ; of Jedaiah , Uzzi ;

²⁰of Sallai , Kallai ; of Amok , Eber ;

²¹of Hilkiah , Hashabiah ; of Jedaiah , Nethanel .

²²In the days of Eliashib , Joiada , Johanan , and Jaddua , the Levites were recorded as heads of fathers ’ houses; so too were the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian .

²³As for the sons of Levi , their heads of fathers ’ houses were written in the Book of the Chronicles until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib .

²⁴And the chiefs of the Levites : Hashabiah , Sherebiah , and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel , with their brothers who stood opposite them, to praise and to give thanks , according to the commandment of David the man of God , watch by watch .

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

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

²⁷And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places , to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness , with thanksgivings and with singing , with cymbals , harps , and lyres .

²⁸And the sons of the singers gathered together from the district surrounding Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites ;

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

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

³¹Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great choirs that gave thanks . One went to the south on the wall to the Dung Gate .

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

³³and Azariah , Ezra , Meshullam ,

³⁴Judah , Benjamin , Shemaiah , and Jeremiah ,

³⁵and certain of the priests ’ sons with trumpets : Zechariah the son of Jonathan , son of Shemaiah , son of Mattaniah , son of Micaiah , son of Zaccur , son of Asaph ;

³⁶and his relatives , Shemaiah , Azarel , Milalai , Gilalai , Maai , Nethanel , Judah , and Hanani , with the musical instruments of David the man of God . And Ezra the scribe went before them.

³⁷At the Fountain Gate they went up straight before them by the stairs of the city of David , at the ascent of the wall , above the house of David , to the Water Gate on the east .

³⁸The other choir of those who gave thanks went to the north , and I followed them with half of the people , on the wall , above the Tower of the Ovens , to the Broad Wall ,

³⁹and above the Gate of Ephraim , and by the Gate of Yeshanah , and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred , to the Sheep Gate ; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard .

⁴⁰So both choirs of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God , and I and half of the officials with me;

⁴¹and the priests Eliakim , Maaseiah , Miniamin , Micaiah , Elioenai , Zechariah , and Hananiah , with trumpets ;

⁴²and Maaseiah , Shemaiah , Eleazar , Uzzi , Jehohanan , Malchijah , Elam , and Ezer . And the singers sang with Jezrahiah as their leader .

⁴³And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced , for God had made them rejoice with great joy ; the women and children also rejoiced . And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away .

⁴⁴On that day men were appointed over the storerooms , the contributions , the firstfruits , and the tithes , to gather into them the portions required by the Law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns , for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered .

⁴⁵And they performed the service of their God and the service of purification , as did the singers and the gatekeepers , according to the command of David and his son Solomon .

⁴⁶For long ago in the days of David and Asaph there were directors of the singers , and there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God .

⁴⁷And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers ; and they set apart that which was for the Levites ; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron .