Nehemiah

Nehemiah 12

1The priests, and the Levites, which came up with Zerubbabel. 10The succession of high priests. 22Certain chief Levites in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra. 27The solemnity of the dedication of the wall. 44The offices of the priests and Levites appointed in the temple.

1NOW these are the ^apriests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: ^bSeraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

a Ezr. 2.1,2. b Ne. 10.2; 8.4,7; 9.4,5. v.12-21.

2Amariah, ¹Malluch, Hattush,

3²Shechaniah, ³Rehum, ⁴Meremoth,

4Iddo, ⁵Ginnetho, Abijah,

5⁶Miamin, ⁷Maadiah, Bilgah,

6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

7⁸Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

8Moreover the Levites: ^cJeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over ⁹the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

c ch. 10.9-13; 8.7; 9.4.

9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.

10¶And ^dJeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat ^eEliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

d Ezr. 2.2; 3.2; 10.18. e ch. 13.4,7,28; 3.1,20,21. v.22.

11And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

12And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: ^fof Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

f v.1-7.

13Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

14Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

15Of Harim, ^gAdna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

g Ezr. 10.30.

16Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

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

18Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

19And of Joiarib, ^hMattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

h Ezr. 10.37.

20Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

21Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

22¶The Levites in the days of ⁱEliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of ^jDarius the Persian.

i v.10,11. j Da. 8.21,22.

23The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the ^kchronicles, even until the days of ^lJohanan the son of Eliashib.

k 1Ch. 9.14. l Ezr. 10.6.

24And the chief of the Levites: ^mHashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren ⁿover against them, ^oto praise and ^pto give thanks, ^qaccording to the commandment of David ^rthe man of God, ^sward over against ward.

m v.8. ch. 9.4; 8.7; 10.9-13. n v.9. o 2Ch. 5.13. p ch. 11.17. q 1Ch. 24-26. r Ju. 13.6. 2Ch. 8.14. s Ezr. 3.10,11. 1Ch. 25.8.

25^tMattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the ¹⁰thresholds of the gates.

t v.8,9. 1Ch. 9.14,17.

26These 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, ^uthe scribe.

u Ezr. 7.6.

27¶And at the ^vdedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites ^wout of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both ^xwith thanksgivings, and with singing, ^ywith cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

v De. 20.5. Ps. 30, title. w ch. 11.36. x 1Ch. 25.1,6; 15.28; 16.42. y 1Ch. 15.16. 2Ch. 5.13; 7.6.

28And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the ^zplain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of ^aNetophathi;

z ch. 3.22; 6.2. a 1Ch. 2.54.

29Also from the house of ^bGilgal, and out of the fields of ^cGeba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them ^dvillages round about Jerusalem.

b De. 11.30. Jos. 4.19. c Jos. 21.17. d Ezr. 2.24.

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

e Ex. 19.10,15. Ge. 35.2. 2Ch. 29.5,34. Ezr. 6.20,21. Nu. 19.7,9. ch. 13.22,30.

31Then I brought up ^fthe princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed ^gtwo great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the ^hdung gate:

f 1Ch. 13.1; 28.1. 1Ch. 5.2. g v.31-38,40-42. h ch. 2.13; 3.13,14.

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

33And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

35And certain of the priests' sons ⁱwith 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:

i Nu. 10.2,8. 2Ch. 5.12; 13.12. Jos. 6.4. 1Ch. 15.24.

36And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the ^jmusical instruments of David the man of God, and ^kEzra the scribe before them.

j v.24. 1Ch. 16.42; 23.5. 2Ch. 8.14. k Ezr. 7.1,11. ch. 8.1-6.

37And at the ^lfountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the ^mstairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the ⁿwater gate eastward.

l ch. 2.14; 3.15. m ch. 3.15. 2Sa. 5.7. n ch. 3.26; 8.1,3,16.

38And 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 ^otower of the furnaces even unto the ^pbroad wall;

o ch. 3.11. p ch. 3.8.

39And from above the ^qgate of Ephraim, and above the ^rold gate, and above the ^sfish gate, and the ^ttower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the ^uprison gate.

q 2Ki. 14.13. ch. 8.16. r ch. 3.6. s ch. 3.3. 2Ch. 33.14. t ch. 3.1. Je. 32.38. Jn. 5.2. u ch. 3.25,31. Je. 32.2.

40So stood the ^vtwo companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

v v.31,32.

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

42And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers ¹¹sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

43Also that day they ^woffered 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.

w 1Ch. 29.21. 2Ch. 20.27; 7.7. Ex. 15.1-22. Ezr. 3.13. Mat. 21.9,15. Col. 3.16. Ep. 5.19. Ja. 5.13.

44¶And at that time were some appointed over the ^xchambers 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 ¹²of the law for the priests and Levites: ¹³for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites ¹⁴that waited.

x ch. 3.30; 10.37; 13.5,12,13. 2Ch. 31.11,12. 1Ch. 26.21,22,26.

45And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, ^yaccording to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

y 1Ch. 25; 26.

46For in the days of David ^zand Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

z 1Ch. 25.1. 2Ch. 29.30.

47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, ^agave the portions of the singers and the porters, ^bevery day his portion: and they ¹⁵sanctified holy things unto the Levites; ^cand the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

a ch. 10.35. 2Ch. 31.5,6. Ga. 6.6. 1Co. 9.14. b ch. 11.23. c Nu. 18.20-28. ch. 10.38,39.