Nehemiah 12

1Now these are the priestsH3548 and the LevitesH3881 that wentH5927 up with ZerubbabelH2216 the sonH1121 of ShealtielH7597, and JeshuaH3442: SeraiahH8304, JeremiahH3414, EzraH5830, 2AmariahH568, MalluchH4409, HattushH2407, 3ShecaniahH7935, RehumH7348, MeremothH4822, 4IddoH5714, Ginnethoi, AbijahH29, 5MijaminH4326, Maadiah, BilgahH1083, 6ShemaiahH8098, and JoiaribH3114, JedaiahH3048. 7SalluH5543, AmokH5987, HilkiahH2518, JedaiahH3048. These were the chiefsH7218 of the priestsH3548 and of their brethren in the daysH3117 of JeshuaH3442.

8Moreover the LevitesH3881: JeshuaH3442, BinnuiH1131, KadmielH6934, SherebiahH8274, JudahH3063, andMattaniahH4983, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 9Also BakbukiahH1229 and Unno, their brethren, were over against them according to their offices. 10And JeshuaH3442 begat JoiakimH3113, and JoiakimH3113 begat EliashibH475, and EliashibH475 begat JoiadaH3111, 11and JoiadaH3111 begat JonathanH3129, and JonathanH3129 begat JadduaH3037.

12And in the daysH3117 of JoiakimH3113 wereH1961 priestsH3548, headsH7218 of fathers’H1houses: of SeraiahH8304, Meraiah; of JeremiahH3414, HananiahH2608; 13of EzraH5830, MeshullamH4918; of AmariahH568, JehohananH3076; 14of Malluchi, JonathanH3129; of ShebaniahH7645, JosephH3130; 15of HarimH2766, AdnaH5733; of MeraiothH4812, Helkai; 16of IddoH5714, ZechariahH2148; of GinnethonH1599, MeshullamH4918; 17of AbijahH29, Zichri; of MiniaminH4509, of Moadiah, Piltai; 18of BilgahH1083, ShammuaH8051; of ShemaiahH8098, Jehonathan; 19and of JoiaribH3114, MattenaiH4982; of JedaiahH3048, UzziH5813; 20of Sallai, Kallai; of AmokH5987, EberH5677; 21of HilkiahH2518, HashabiahH2811; of JedaiahH3048, NethanelH5417.

22As for the LevitesH3881, in the daysH3117 of EliashibH475, JoiadaH3111, and JohananH3110, and JadduaH3037, there were recordedH3789 the headsH7218 of fathers’H1houses; also the priestsH3548, in the reignH4438 of DariusH1867 the Persian. 23The sonsH1121 of LeviH3878, headsH7218 of fathers’H1houses, were writtenH3789 in the bookH5612 of the chronicles, even until the daysH3117 of JohananH3110 the sonH1121 of EliashibH475. 24And the chiefsH7218 of the LevitesH3881: HashabiahH2811, SherebiahH8274, and JeshuaH3442 the sonH1121 of KadmielH6934, with their brethren over against them, to praiseH1984 and giveH3034 thanksH3034, according to the commandmentH4687 of DavidH1732 the manH376 of GodH430, watch next to watch. 25MattaniahH4983, and BakbukiahH1229, ObadiahH5662, MeshullamH4918, TalmonH2929, AkkubH6126, were porters keepingH8104 the watchH8104 at the store-houses of the gatesH8179. 26These were in the daysH3117 of JoiakimH3113 the sonH1121 of JeshuaH3442, the sonH1121 of Jozadak, and in the daysH3117 of NehemiahH5166 the governorH6346, and of EzraH5830 the priestH3548 the scribeH5608.

27And at the dedicationH2598 of the wallH2346 of JerusalemH3389 they soughtH1245 the LevitesH3881 out of all their placesH4725, to bringH935 them to JerusalemH3389, to keep the dedicationH2598 with gladnessH8057, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbalsH4700, psalteries, and with harpsH3658. 28And the sonsH1121 of the singersH7891 gatheredH622 themselves together, both out of the plain roundH5439 about JerusalemH3389, and from the villages of the Netophathites; 29also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fieldsH7704 of GebaH1387 and AzmavethH5820: for the singersH7891 had builded them villages roundH5439 about JerusalemH3389. 30And the priestsH3548 and the LevitesH3881 purifiedH2891 themselves; and they purifiedH2891 the peopleH5971, and the gatesH8179, and the wallH2346.

31Then I broughtH5927 up the princesH8269 of JudahH3063 upon the wallH2346, and appointedH5975 twoH8147 greatH1419 companies that gave thanks and wentH5927 in procession; whereof one wentH5927 on the rightH3225 handH3225 upon the wallH2346 toward the dung gateH8179: 32and after them went HoshaiahH1955, and halfH2677 of the princesH8269 of JudahH3063, 33and AzariahH5838, EzraH5830, and MeshullamH4918, 34JudahH3063, and BenjaminH1144, and ShemaiahH8098, and JeremiahH3414, 35and certain of the priests’H3548 sonsH1121 with trumpetsH2689: ZechariahH2148 the sonH1121 of JonathanH3129, the sonH1121 of ShemaiahH8098, the sonH1121 of MattaniahH4983, the sonH1121 of MicaiahH4320, the sonH1121 of ZaccurH2139, the sonH1121 of AsaphH623; 36and his brethren, ShemaiahH8098, and AzarelH5832, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, NethanelH5417, and JudahH3063, HananiH2607, with the musical instrumentsH3627 of DavidH1732 the manH376 of GodH430; and EzraH5830 the scribeH5608 was before them. 37And by the fountain gateH8179, and straight before them, they wentH5927 up by the stairs of the cityH5892 of DavidH1732, at the ascentH4608 of the wallH2346, above the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, even unto the waterH4325 gateH8179 eastward.

38And the other company of them that gave thanks wentH1980 to meet them, and I after them, with the halfH2677 of the peopleH5971, upon the wallH2346, above the towerH4026 of the furnacesH8574, even unto the broadH7342 wallH2346, 39and above the gateH8179 of EphraimH669, and by the old gateH8179, and by the fishH1709 gateH8179, and the towerH4026 of HananelH2606, and the towerH4026 of Hammeah, even unto the sheepH6629 gateH8179: and they stoodH5975 stillH5975 in the gateH8179 of the guardH4307. 40So stoodH5975 the twoH8147 companies of them that gave thanks in the houseH1004 of GodH430, and I, and the halfH2677 of the rulers with me; 41and the priestsH3548, EliakimH471, MaaseiahH4641, MiniaminH4509, MicaiahH4320, ElioenaiH454, ZechariahH2148, and HananiahH2608, with trumpetsH2689; 42and MaaseiahH4641, and ShemaiahH8098, and EleazarH499, and UzziH5813, and JehohananH3076, and Malchijah, and ElamH5867, and EzerH5829. And the singersH7891 sangH7891 loud, with Jezrahiah their overseerH6496. 43And they offeredH2076 greatH1419 sacrificesH2077 that dayH3117, and rejoicedH8055; for GodH430 had madeH8055 them rejoiceH8055 with greatH1419 joyH8057; and the womenH802 alsoH1571 and the childrenH3206 rejoicedH8055: so that the joyH8057 of JerusalemH3389 was heardH8085 even afarH7350 off.

44And on that dayH3117 were menH376 appointedH5975 over the chambers for the treasuresH214, for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithesH4643, to gatherH3664 into them, according to the fieldsH7704 of the citiesH5892, the portionsH4521 appointedH5975 by the lawH8451 for the priestsH3548 and LevitesH3881: for JudahH3063 rejoiced for the priestsH3548 and for the LevitesH3881 that waited. 45And they keptH8104 the chargeH4931 of their GodH430, and the chargeH4931 of the purificationH2893, and so did the singersH7891 and the porters, according to the commandmentH4687 of DavidH1732, and of SolomonH8010 his sonH1121. 46For in the daysH3117 of DavidH1732 and AsaphH623 of old there was a chiefH7218 of the singersH7891, and songsH7892 of praiseH8416 and thanksgiving unto GodH430. 47And all IsraelH3478 in the daysH3117 of ZerubbabelH2216, and in the daysH3117 of NehemiahH5166, gaveH5414 the portionsH4521 of the singersH7891 and the porters, as every dayH3117 required: and they setH5414 apartH6942 that which was for the LevitesH3881; and the LevitesH3881 setH5414 apartH6942 that which was for the sonsH1121 of AaronH175.