Neh 12 | ABEn | STEP | And these are the priests and the Levites, the ones ascending with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua; Saraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

‏ Nehemiah 12

CHAPTER 12 The Priests and Levites Ascend with Zerubbabel

1 And these are the priests and the Levites, the ones ascending with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua; Saraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the rulers of the priests, and their brethren in the days of Jeshua. 8 And the Levites; Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Joiada, Mattaniah, which was over the acknowledgments, he and his brethren. 9 And Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren were over against them in the daily rotations. 10 And Jeshua engendered Joiakim, and Joiakim engendered Eliashib, and Eliashib engendered Joiada, 11 and Joiada engendered Jonathan, and Jonathan engendered Jaddua. 12 And in the days of Joiakim were the priests, and the rulers of the families -- to Seraiah, Meraiah; to Jeremiah, Hananiah; 13 to Ezra, Meshullam; to Amariah, Jehohanan; 14 to Melicu, Jonathan; to Secheniah, Joseph; 15 to Harim, Adna; to Maraioth, Helkai; 16 to Iddo, Zechariah; to Ginnethon, Meshullam; 17 to Abijah, Zichri; to Miniamin, Moadiah, to Piltai, 18 to Bilgah, Shammua; to Shemaiah, Jehonathan; 19 to Joiarib, Mattenai; to Jedaiah, Uzzi; 20 to Sallai, Kallai; to Amok, Eber; 21 to Hilkiah, Hashabiah; to Jedaiah, Nethaneel. 22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, were Joiada, and Joa, and Johanan, and Jaddua they were written down as rulers of the families; and the priests in the kingdom of Darius the Persian. 23 And the sons of Levi, rulers of the families were written upon the scroll of the words of the days, even until the days of Johanan son of Eliashib. 24 And the rulers of the Levites -- Hashabiah, and Sherebiah, and Jeshua. And the sons of Kadmiel, and their brethren over against them, for praising and making acknowledgment, by the command of David the man of God, in daily rotation by daily rotation. 25 Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were guarding gatekeepers of the watch in my gathering the gatekeepers. 26 These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the ruler, and Ezra the priest and scribe.

The Festival of Dedication

27 And in the festival of dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in their places, to bring them into Jerusalem, to observe the holiday of rededication with gladness, and in praise, and in odes, playing cymbals, and psalteries, and lutes. 28 And [⁵gathered ¹the ²sons ³of the ⁴singers] even from the place round about Jerusalem, and from the properties of the Netophathi. 29 And in Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for [⁵nearby properties ³built ⁴for themselves ¹the ²singers] surrounding Jerusalem. 30 And [⁶cleansed themselves ¹the ²priests ³and ⁴the ⁵Levites], and they cleansed the people, and the gates, and the wall. 31 And they brought the rulers of Judah upon the wall, and I stationed two [²for ³praise ¹great companies], and they went at the right the wall of the gate of the dung. 32 And [⁶went ⁷behind ⁸them ¹Hoshaiah ²and ³half ⁴of the rulers ⁵of Judah], 33 and Azariah, and Ezra, and Meshullam, 34 and Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah. 35 And some from the sons of the priests with trumpets; Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mathaniah son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph. 36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah and Hanani, to praise by instruments in odes of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was in front of them. 37 At the gate of the spring, over by them, they ascended upon the stairways of the city of David, by ascending the wall on top of the house of David, and unto the [²gate ¹water] according to the east. 38 And for praise, the second group went forth to meet them, and I was behind them. And half of the people were above the wall, up above the tower of the furnaces, and unto the [²wall ¹broad], 39 and up above the gate of Ephraim, and upon the gate, the one of Eisiana, and upon the [²gate ¹fish], and by the tower of Hananeel, and from the tower of Meah, and unto the gate of the sheep; and they stopped upon the gate of the prison. 40 And [³stood ¹the ²two groups] for praise in the house of God, and I, and the half of the commandants with me. 41 And the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, were with trumpets; 42 and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Melchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And [³were heard ¹the ²singers], and Jezrahiah the overseer. 43 And they sacrificed in that day [²sacrifices ¹great], and they were glad. For God gladdened them [²gladness with great]; and their wives and their children were glad; and [⁵was heard ¹the ²gladness ³in ⁴Jerusalem] from far off. 44 And they ordained in that day men over the treasuries, for the treasures, for the first-fruits, and for the tenths, to gather in to them from the fields of the cities portions to the priests and to the Levites; for there was gladness in Judah, and upon the priests, and the Levites, of the ones standing. 45 And they guarded the watch of their God, and the watches of the cleansing, even the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commands of David, and Solomon his son. 46 For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there was a first of the singers, and a hymn and praise to God. 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, were giving portions of the singers and of the gatekeepers -- an account [²day ³by ⁴day ¹of it]. And they sanctified them to the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them to the sons of Aaron.