Nehemiah 12
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Nehemiah 12:1-22

1Now theseH428 are the priestsH3548 and LevitesH3881 whoH834 went upH5927 withH5973 ZerubbabelH2216 sonH1121 of ShealtielH7597 and with JeshuaH3442:

SeraiahH8304, JeremiahH3414, EzraH5830, 2AmariahH568, MalluchH4409,1 HattushH2407, 3ShecaniahH7935, RehumH7348,2 MeremothH4822, 4IddoH5714, GinnethonH1599,3 AbijahH29, 5MijaminH4326,4 MaadiahH4573,5 BilgahH1083,6 6ShemaiahH8098, JoiaribH3114, JedaiahH3048, 7SalluH5543, AmokH5987, HilkiahH2518, and JedaiahH3048. TheseH428 were the leadersH7218 of the priestsH3548 and their associatesH251 in the daysH3117 of JeshuaH3442.

8The LevitesH3881 were JeshuaH3442, BinnuiH1131, KadmielH6934, SherebiahH8274, JudahH3063, and MattaniahH4983, whoH1931, with his associatesH251, ledH5921 the songs of thanksgivingH1960. 9BakbukiahH1229 and UnniH6042, their associatesH251, stood across from themH5048 in the servicesH4931.

10JeshuaH3442 was the father ofH3205 JoiakimH3113, JoiakimH3113 was the father ofH3205 EliashibH475, EliashibH475 was the father of JoiadaH3111, 11JoiadaH3111 was the father ofH3205 JonathanH3129,7 and JonathanH3129 was the father ofH3205 JadduaH3037.

12In the daysH3117 of JoiakimH3113, these wereH1961 the headsH7218 of the priestlyH3548 familiesH1:

of the family of SeraiahH8304, MeraiahH4811; of JeremiahH3414, HananiahH2608; 13of EzraH5830, MeshullamH4918; of AmariahH568, JehohananH3076; 14of MalluchiH4409,8 JonathanH3129; of ShebaniahH7645,9 JosephH3130; 15of HarimH2766, AdnaH5733; of MeraiothH4812,10 HelkaiH2517; 16of IddoH5718, ZechariahH2148; of GinnethonH1599, MeshullamH4918; 17of AbijahH29, ZichriH2147; of MiniaminH4509 and of MoadiahH4153,11 PiltaiH6408; 18of BilgahH1083, ShammuaH8051; of ShemaiahH8098, JonathanH3083; 19of JoiaribH3114, MattenaiH4982; of JedaiahH3048, UzziH5813; 20of SallaiH5543,12 KallaiH7040; of AmokH5987, EberH5677; 21of HilkiahH2518, HashabiahH2811; and of JedaiahH3048, NethanelH5417.

22In the daysH3117 of EliashibH475, JoiadaH3111, JohananH3110,13 and JadduaH3037, duringH5921 the reign ofH4438 DariusH1867 the PersianH6542, the headsH7218 of the familiesH1 of the LevitesH3881 and priestsH3548 were recordedH3789.

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Notes

  1. 1. Nehemiah 12:2 Malluch is a variant of Malluchi; see verse 14. ↩
  2. 2. Nehemiah 12:3 Rehum is a variant of Harim; see verse 15, Nehemiah 7:42, and Ezra 2:39. ↩
  3. 3. Nehemiah 12:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 16); most MT manuscripts Ginnethoi ↩
  4. 4. Nehemiah 12:5 Mijamin is a variant of Miniamin; see verse 17. ↩
  5. 5. Nehemiah 12:5 Maadiah is a variant of Moadiah; see verse 17. ↩
  6. 6. Nehemiah 12:5 Bilgah is a variant of Bilgai; also in verse 18; see Nehemiah 10:8. ↩
  7. 7. Nehemiah 12:11 Jonathan is a variant of Johanan; see verse 22. ↩
  8. 8. Nehemiah 12:14 Malluchi is a variant of Malluch; see verse 2. ↩
  9. 9. Nehemiah 12:14 Shebaniah is a variant of Shecaniah; see verse 3; see also Syriac and some Hebrew and LXX manuscripts. ↩
  10. 10. Nehemiah 12:15 Meraioth is a variant of Meremoth; see verse 3 and also some LXX manuscripts. ↩
  11. 11. Nehemiah 12:17 Moadiah is a variant of Maadiah; see verse 5. ↩
  12. 12. Nehemiah 12:20 Sallai is a variant of Sallu; see verse 7. ↩
  13. 13. Nehemiah 12:22 Johanan is a variant of Jonathan; see verse 11. ↩

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