Nehemiah 12
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Nehemiah 12:12-26

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 MalluchiH4409,1 JonathanH3129; of ShebaniahH7645,2 JosephH3130; 15of HarimH2766, AdnaH5733; of MeraiothH4812,3 HelkaiH2517; 16of IddoH5718, ZechariahH2148; of GinnethonH1599, MeshullamH4918; 17of AbijahH29, ZichriH2147; of MiniaminH4509 and of MoadiahH4153,4 PiltaiH6408; 18of BilgahH1083, ShammuaH8051; of ShemaiahH8098, JonathanH3083; 19of JoiaribH3114, MattenaiH4982; of JedaiahH3048, UzziH5813; 20of SallaiH5543,5 KallaiH7040; of AmokH5987, EberH5677; 21of HilkiahH2518, HashabiahH2811; and of JedaiahH3048, NethanelH5417.

22In the daysH3117 of EliashibH475, JoiadaH3111, JohananH3110,6 and JadduaH3037, duringH5921 the reign ofH4438 DariusH1867 the PersianH6542, the headsH7218 of the familiesH1 of the LevitesH3881 and priestsH3548 were recordedH3789.

23As for the descendantsH1121 of LeviH3878, the familyH1 headsH7218 up toH5704 the daysH3117 of JohananH3110 sonH1121 of EliashibH475 were recordedH3789 inH5921 the BookH5612 of the ChroniclesH1697H3117.7 24The leadersH7218 of the LevitesH3881 were HashabiahH2811, SherebiahH8274, and JeshuaH3442 sonH1121 of KadmielH6934,8 along with their associatesH251, who stood across from themH5048 to give praiseH1984 and thanksgivingH3034 as one sectionH4929 alternated withH5980 the otherH4929, as prescribedH4687 by DavidH1732 the manH376 of GodH430.

25MattaniahH4983, BakbukiahH1229, ObadiahH5662, MeshullamH4918, TalmonH2929, and AkkubH6126 were gatekeepersH7778 who guardedH8104H4929 the storeroomsH624 at the gatesH8179. 26TheyH428 served in the daysH3117 of JoiakimH3113 sonH1121 of JeshuaH3442, the sonH1121 of JozadakH3136,9 and in the daysH3117 of NehemiahH5166 the governorH6346 and EzraH5830 the priestH3548 and scribeH5608.

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Notes

  1. 1. Nehemiah 12:14 Malluchi is a variant of Malluch; see verse 2. ↩
  2. 2. Nehemiah 12:14 Shebaniah is a variant of Shecaniah; see verse 3; see also Syriac and some Hebrew and LXX manuscripts. ↩
  3. 3. Nehemiah 12:15 Meraioth is a variant of Meremoth; see verse 3 and also some LXX manuscripts. ↩
  4. 4. Nehemiah 12:17 Moadiah is a variant of Maadiah; see verse 5. ↩
  5. 5. Nehemiah 12:20 Sallai is a variant of Sallu; see verse 7. ↩
  6. 6. Nehemiah 12:22 Johanan is a variant of Jonathan; see verse 11. ↩
  7. 7. Nehemiah 12:23 Or the Book of the Annals or the Book of the Historical Events ↩
  8. 8. Nehemiah 12:24 Or Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, and Kadmiel ↩
  9. 9. Nehemiah 12:26 Jozadak is a variant of Jehozadak; see 1 Chronicles 6:14. ↩

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