| Chapter
12 |
| 1 | Now
these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of
Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, |
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2 | Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, |
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3 | Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, |
| 4 | Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, |
| 5 | Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, |
| 6 | Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, |
| 7 | Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah,
Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days
of Jeshua. |
| 8 | Moreover the
Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was
over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. |
| 9 | Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over
against them in the watches. |
| 10
| And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib
begat Joiada, |
| 11 | And
Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. |
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12 | And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the
chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; |
| 13 | Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah,
Jehohanan; |
| 14 | Of Melicu,
Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; |
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15 | Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; |
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16 | Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; |
| 17 | Of Abijah, Zichri; of
Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: |
| 18
| Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; |
| 19 | And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah,
Uzzi; |
| 20 | Of Sallai,
Kallai; of Amok, Eber; |
| 21 |
Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. |
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22 | The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and
Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to
the reign of Darius the Persian. |
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23 | The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the
book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. |
| 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. |
| 25 | Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah,
Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of
the gates. |
| 26 | These were
in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days
of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. |
| 27 | And at the dedication of the wall of
Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to
Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and
with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. |
| 28 | And the sons of the singers gathered
themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and
from the villages of Netophathi; |
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29 | Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and
Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. |
| 30 | And the priests and the
Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the
wall. |
| 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: |
| 32 | And
after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, |
| 33 | And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, |
| 34 | Judah, and Benjamin, and
Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, |
| 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: |
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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. |
| 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 house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. |
| 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; |
| 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 sheep gate: and they
stood still in the prison gate. |
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40 | So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house
of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: |
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41 | And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin,
Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; |
| 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. |
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43 | Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and
rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the
children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. |
| 44 | And at that time were
some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the
firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the
cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced
for the priests and for the Levites that waited. |
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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. |
| 46
| For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the
singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. |
| 47 | And all Israel in the days of
Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and
the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the
Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron. |
