Nehemiah 12

1Now theseH428 are the priestsH3548 and the LevitesH3881 that wentH5927 upH5927 with ZerubbabelH2216 the sonH1121 of ShealtielH7597, and JeshuaH3442: SeraiahH8304, JeremiahH3414, EzraH5830; 2AmariahH568, MalluchH4409, HattushH2407; 3ShecaniahH7935, RehumH7348, MeremothH4822; 4IddoH5714, GinnethoiH1599, AbijahH29; 5MijaminH4326, MaadiahH4573, BilgahH1083; 6ShemaiahH8098, and JoiaribH3114, JedaiahH3048; 7SalluH5543, AmokH5987, HilkiahH2518, JedaiahH3048. TheseH428 were the chiefsH7218 of the priestsH3548 and of their brethrenH251 in the daysH3117 of JeshuaH3442. 8Moreover the LevitesH3881: JeshuaH3442, BinnuiH1131, KadmielH6934, SherebiahH8274, JudahH3063, and MattaniahH4983, whichH1931 was over the thanksgivingH1960, he and his brethrenH251. 9Also BakbukiahH1229 and Unno, their brethrenH251, were over againstH5048 them in wards. 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 were priestsH3548, headsH7218 of fathers’H1 houses: of SeraiahH8304, MeraiahH4811; of JeremiahH3414, HananiahH2608; 13of EzraH5830, MeshullamH4918; of AmariahH568, JehohananH3076; 14of Malluchi, JonathanH3129; of ShebaniahH7645, JosephH3130; 15of HarimH2766, AdnaH5733; of MeraiothH4812, HelkaiH2517; 16of IddoH5714, ZechariahH2148; of Gennethon, MeshullamH4918; 17of AbijahH29, ZichriH2147; of MiniaminH4509, of Moadiah, PiltaiH6408; 18of BilgahH1083, ShammuaH8051; of ShemaiahH8098, JehonathanH3083; 19and of JoiaribH3114, MattenaiH4982; of JedaiahH3048, UzziH5813; 20of Sallai, KallaiH7040; of AmokH5987, EberH5677; 21of HilkiahH2518, HashabiahH2811; of JedaiahH3048, NethanelH5417. 22The LevitesH3881 in the daysH3117 of EliashibH475, JoiadaH3111, and JohananH3110, and JadduaH3037, were recordedH3789 headsH7218 of fathers’H1 houses: also the priestsH3548, in the reignH4438 of DariusH1867 the PersianH6542. 23The sonsH1121 of LeviH3878, headsH7218 of fathers’H1 houses, were writtenH3789 in the bookH5612 of the chroniclesH1697, evenH5704 untilH5704 the daysH3117 of JohananH3110 the sonH1121 of EliashibH475. 24And the chiefsH7218 of the LevitesH3881: HashabiahH2811, SherebiahH8274, and JeshuaH3442 the sonH1121 of KadmielH6934, with their brethrenH251 over againstH5048 them, to praiseH1984 and giveH3034 thanksH3034, accordingH376 to the commandmentH4687 of DavidH1732 the manH376 of GodH430, ward againstH5048 ward. 25MattaniahH4983, and BakbukiahH1229, ObadiahH5662, MeshullamH4918, TalmonH2929, AkkubH6126, were porters keepingH8104 the ward at the storehousesH624 of the gatesH8179. 26TheseH428 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 outH1245 of allH3605 their placesH4725, to bringH935 them to JerusalemH3389, to keepH6213 the dedicationH2598, with gladnessH8057, bothH3605 with thanksgivings, and with singingH7892, with cymbalsH4700, psalteries, and with harpsH3658. 28And the sonsH1121 of the singersH7891 gatheredH622 themselvesH622 togetherH622, bothH4480 outH4480 of the plainH3603 roundH5439 aboutH5439 JerusalemH3389, and from the villages of the NetophathitesH5200; 29also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fieldsH7704 of GebaH1387 and AzmavethH5820: for the singersH7891 had builded them villages roundH5439 aboutH5439 JerusalemH3389. 30And the priestsH3548 and the LevitesH3881 purifiedH2891 themselvesH2891; and they purifiedH2891 the peopleH5971, and the gatesH8179, and the wallH2346. 31Then I broughtH5927 upH5927 the princesH8269 of JudahH3063 uponH5921 the wallH2346, and appointedH5975 twoH8147 greatH1419 companies that gave thanksH8426 and wentH5927 in procession; whereof one wentH5927 on the rightH3225 handH3225 uponH5921 the wallH2346 towardH5921 the dung gateH8179: 32and afterH310 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 brethrenH251, ShemaiahH8098, and AzarelH5832, MilalaiH4450, GilalaiH1562, MaaiH4597, NethanelH5417, and JudahH3063, HananiH2607, with the musicalH3627 instrumentsH3627 of DavidH1732 the manH376 of GodH430; and EzraH5830 the scribeH5608 was beforeH6440 them: 37And by the fountain gateH8179, and straightH5048 beforeH5048 them, they wentH5927 upH5927 by the stairs of the cityH5892 of DavidH1732, at the goingH5927 upH5927 of the wallH2346, aboveH5921 the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, evenH5704 unto the waterH4325 gateH8179 eastwardH4217. 38And the otherH8145 company of them that gave thanksH8426 wentH1980 to meetH1980 them, and I afterH310 them, with the halfH2677 of the peopleH5971, uponH5921 the wallH2346, aboveH5921 the towerH4026 of the furnacesH8574, evenH5704 unto the broadH7342 wallH2346; 39and aboveH5921 the gateH8179 of EphraimH669, and by the oldH5975 gateH8179, and by the fishH1709 gateH8179, and the towerH4026 of HananelH2606, and the towerH4026 of Hammeah, evenH5704 unto the sheepH6629 gateH8179: and they stoodH5975 stillH5975 in the gateH8179 of the guardH4307. 40SoH5975 stoodH5975 the twoH8147 companies of them that gave thanksH8426 in the houseH1004 of GodH430, and I, and the halfH2677 of the rulersH5461 with meH589: 41and the priestsH3548, EliakimH471, MaaseiahH4641, MiniaminH4509, MicaiahH4320, ElioenaiH454, ZechariahH2148, and HananiahH2608, with trumpetsH2689; 42and MaaseiahH4641, and ShemaiahH8098, and EleazarH499, and UzziH5813, and JehohananH3076, and MalchijahH4441, and ElamH5867, and EzerH5829. And the singersH7891 sangH7891 loud, with JezrahiahH3156 their overseerH6496. 43And they offeredH2076 greatH1419 sacrificesH2077 that dayH3117, and rejoicedH8055; for GodH430 had madeH8055 them rejoiceH8055 with greatH1419 joyH8057; and the womenH802 also and the childrenH3206 rejoicedH8055: soH1571 that the joyH8057 of JerusalemH3389 was heardH8085 evenH1571 afarH7350 offH7350. 44And on that dayH3117 were menH376 appointedH5975 over the chambersH5393 for the treasuresH214, for the heaveH8641 offeringsH8641, for the firstfruits, and for the tithesH4643, to gatherH3664 intoH5921 them, accordingH5921 to the fieldsH7704 of the citiesH5892, the portionsH4521 appointedH5975 by the lawH8451 for the priestsH3548 and LevitesH3881: for JudahH3063 rejoicedH8057 for the priestsH3548 and for the LevitesH3881 that waitedH5975. 45And they keptH8104 the ward of their GodH430, and the ward of the purificationH2893, and so didH8104 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 thanksgivingH3034 unto GodH430. 47And allH3605 IsraelH3478 in the daysH3117 of ZerubbabelH2216, and in the daysH3117 of NehemiahH5166, gaveH5414 the portionsH4521 of the singersH7891 and the porters, as everyH3605 dayH3117 requiredH1697: and they sanctifiedH6942 for the LevitesH3881; and the LevitesH3881 sanctifiedH6942 for the sonsH1121 of AaronH175.