Nehemiah Chapter 12
12:1 | Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, |
12:2 | Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, |
12:3 | Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, |
12:4 | Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, |
12:5 | Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, |
12:6 | Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, |
12:7 | Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These [were] the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the ![]() |
12:8 | Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and] Mattaniah, [which was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. |
12:9 | Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over against them in the watches. |
12:10 | And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, |
12:11 | And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. |
12:12 | And in the ![]() |
12:13 | Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; |
12:14 | Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; |
12:15 | Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; |
12:16 | Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; |
12:17 | Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; |
12:18 | Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; |
12:19 | And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; |
12:20 | Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; |
12:21 | Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. |
12:22 | The Levites in the ![]() |
12:23 | The sons of ![]() ![]() |
12:24 | And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. |
12:25 | Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [were] porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. |
12:26 | These [were] in the ![]() ![]() |
12:27 | And at the dedication of the wall of ![]() ![]() |
12:28 | And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about ![]() |
12:29 | Also from the ![]() ![]() |
12:30 | And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. |
12:31 | Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great [companies of them that gave] thanks, [whereof one] went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: |
12:32 | And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, |
12:33 | And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, |
12:34 | Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, |
12:35 | And [certain] of the priests' sons with trumpets; [namely], Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: |
12:36 | And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. |
12:37 | And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the ![]() ![]() |
12:38 | And the other [company of them that gave] thanks went over against [them], and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; |
12:39 | And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the ![]() |
12:40 | So stood the two [companies of them that gave] thanks in the ![]() |
12:41 | And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, [and] Hananiah, with trumpets; |
12:42 | And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah [their] overseer. |
12:43 | Also that ![]() ![]() |
12:44 | And at that ![]() |
12:45 | And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, [and] of Solomon his son. |
12:46 | For in the ![]() |
12:47 | And all ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |