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1 Now
these are the
priests and the
Levites who went
up with Zerubbabel
the son of
Shealtiel, and
Jeshua: Seraiah,
Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amariah,
Malluch, Hattush,
3 Shecaniah,
Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo,
Ginnethoi, Abijah,
5 Mijamin,
Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah,
Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu,
Amok, Hilkiah, and
Jedaiah. These
were the chiefs
of the priests
and of
their brothers in
the days of
Jeshua.
8 Moreover the
Levites were
Jeshua, Binnui,
Kadmiel, Sherebiah,
Judah, and
Mattaniah, who was
over the
thanksgiving songs,
he and
his brothers.
9 Also
Bakbukiah and Unno,
their brothers, were close to
them according to their
offices.
10 Jeshua
became the father
of Joiakim, and
Joiakim became the
father of Eliashib,
and Eliashib became
the father of
Joiada,
11 and
Joiada became the
father of Jonathan,
and Jonathan
became the father
of Jaddua.
12 In
the days of
Joiakim were
priests, heads
of fathers’ households: of
Seraiah, Meraiah;
of Jeremiah,
Hananiah;
13 of Ezra,
Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 of Malluchi,
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 of Joiarib,
Mattenai; of Jedaiah,
Uzzi;
20 of Sallai,
Kallai; of Amok,
Eber;
21 of Hilkiah,
Hashabiah; of Jedaiah,
Nethanel.
22 As
for the Levites,
in the days
of Eliashib, Joiada,
Johanan, and
Jaddua, there were
recorded the heads
of fathers’ households;
also the priests,
in the reign
of Darius the
Persian.
23 The
sons of Levi,
heads of fathers’ households,
were written in
the book of
the chronicles,
even until the
days of Johanan
the son
of Eliashib.
24 The
chiefs of the
Levites: Hashabiah,
Sherebiah, and
Jeshua the son
of Kadmiel, with
their brothers
close to them,
to praise and
give thanks according
to the commandment
of David the
man of God, section next
to section.
25 Mattaniah,
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
the son of
Jeshua, the son
of Jozadak, and
in the days
of Nehemiah the
governor, and of
Ezra the priest
and scribe.
27 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 giving
thanks and with
singing, with
cymbals, stringed instruments,
and with harps.
28 The
sons of the
singers gathered themselves together,
both out of
the plain around
Jerusalem and from
the villages of
the Netophathites;
29 also
from Beth Gilgal
and out of the
fields of Geba
and Azmaveth, for
the singers had
built themselves
villages around
Jerusalem.
30 The
priests and the
Levites purified
themselves; and
they purified the
people, the gates,
and the wall.
31 Then
I brought the
princes of Judah
up on the
wall, and
appointed two
great companies who gave
thanks and went
in procession. One
went on the
right hand on
the wall toward
the dung gate;
32 and after
them went Hoshaiah,
with half of
the princes of
Judah,
33 and
Azariah, Ezra, and
Meshullam,
34 Judah,
Benjamin, Shemaiah,
Jeremiah,
35 and some
of the priests’
sons with trumpets:
Zechariah the son
of Jonathan, the
son of Shemaiah,
the son of
Mattaniah, the son
of Micaiah, the
son of Zaccur,
the son of Asaph;
36 and
his brothers, Shemaiah,
Azarel, Milalai,
Gilalai, Maai,
Nethanel, Judah,
and Hanani, with
the musical
instruments of
David the man
of God; and Ezra
the scribe was
before them.
37 By
the spring gate,
and straight
before them, they
went up by
the stairs of
David’s city, at
the ascent of
the wall, above
David’s house,
even to the
water gate
eastward.
38 The
other company of
those who gave
thanks went to
meet them, and
I after them,
with the half
of the people
on the wall
above the tower
of the furnaces,
even to the
wide wall,
39 and
above the gate
of Ephraim, and by
the old gate,
and by the
fish gate, the
tower of Hananel,
and the tower
of Hammeah, even
to the sheep
gate; and they
stood still in
the gate of
the guard.
40 So
the two companies
of those who gave
thanks in God’s
house stood, and
I and the
half of the
rulers with me;
41 and
the priests, Eliakim,
Maaseiah, Miniamin,
Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,
and Hananiah, with
trumpets;
42 and
Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar,
Uzzi, Jehohanan,
Malchijah, Elam,
and Ezer. The
singers sang loud,
with Jezrahiah
their overseer.
43 They
offered great
sacrifices that
day, and rejoiced,
for God had made
them rejoice with
great joy; and
the women and the
children also
rejoiced, so that
the joy of
Jerusalem was
heard even far
away.
44 On
that day, men
were appointed
over the rooms for
the treasures, for
the wave offerings,
for the first
fruits, and for
the tithes, to
gather into them
according to the
fields of the
cities the
portions appointed
by the law
for the priests
and Levites; for
Judah rejoiced for
the priests and
for the Levites
who served.
45 They
performed the duty
of their God and
the duty of
the purification,
and so did the
singers and the
gatekeepers, according to
the commandment of
David and of
Solomon his son.
46 For
in the days
of David and Asaph
of old there
was a chief
of the singers,
and songs of
praise and
thanksgiving to God.
47 All
Israel in the
days of Zerubbabel
and in the
days of Nehemiah
gave the portions
of the singers
and the
gatekeepers, as
every day required;
and they set
apart that which
was for the
Levites; and the
Levites set apart
that which was
for the sons
of Aaron.