“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.” (Nehemiah 12:1-47 AV)
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