Nehemiah 12 : 1 (HCSB)
These are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Nehemiah 12 : 2 (HCSB)
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
Nehemiah 12 : 3 (HCSB)
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
Nehemiah 12 : 4 (HCSB)
Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
Nehemiah 12 : 5 (HCSB)
Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
Nehemiah 12 : 6 (HCSB)
Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Nehemiah 12 : 7 (HCSB)
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their relatives in the days of Jeshua.
Nehemiah 12 : 8 (HCSB)
The Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah-- he and his relatives were in charge of the praise songs.
Nehemiah 12 : 9 (HCSB)
Bakbukiah, Unni, and their relatives [stood] opposite them in the services.
Nehemiah 12 : 10 (HCSB)
Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim fathered Eliashib, Eliashib fathered Joiada,
Nehemiah 12 : 11 (HCSB)
Joiada fathered Jonathan, and Jonathan fathered Jaddua.
Nehemiah 12 : 12 (HCSB)
In the days of Joiakim, the leaders of the priestly families were: Meraiah of Seraiah, Hananiah of Jeremiah,
Nehemiah 12 : 13 (HCSB)
Meshullam of Ezra, Jehohanan of Amariah,
Nehemiah 12 : 14 (HCSB)
Jonathan of Malluchi, Joseph of Shebaniah,
Nehemiah 12 : 15 (HCSB)
Adna of Harim, Helkai of Meraioth,
Nehemiah 12 : 16 (HCSB)
Zechariah of Iddo, Meshullam of Ginnethon,
Nehemiah 12 : 17 (HCSB)
Zichri of Abijah, Piltai of Moadiah, of Miniamin,
Nehemiah 12 : 18 (HCSB)
Shammua of Bilgah, Jehonathan of Shemaiah,
Nehemiah 12 : 19 (HCSB)
Mattenai of Joiarib, Uzzi of Jedaiah,
Nehemiah 12 : 20 (HCSB)
Kallai of Sallai, Eber of Amok,
Nehemiah 12 : 21 (HCSB)
Hashabiah of Hilkiah, and Nethanel of Jedaiah.
Nehemiah 12 : 22 (HCSB)
In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the leaders of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded while Darius the Persian ruled.
Nehemiah 12 : 23 (HCSB)
Levi's descendants, the leaders of families, were recorded in the Book of the Historical Records during the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.
Nehemiah 12 : 24 (HCSB)
The leaders of the Levites-- Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their relatives opposite them-- gave praise and thanks, division by division, as David the man of God had prescribed.
Nehemiah 12 : 25 (HCSB)
[This included] Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
Nehemiah 12 : 26 (HCSB)
These [served] in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.
Nehemiah 12 : 27 (HCSB)
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sent for the Levites wherever they lived and brought them to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
Nehemiah 12 : 28 (HCSB)
The singers gathered from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,
Nehemiah 12 : 29 (HCSB)
from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 12 : 30 (HCSB)
After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
Nehemiah 12 : 31 (HCSB)
Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large processions that gave thanks. One went to the right on the wall, toward the Dung Gate.
Nehemiah 12 : 32 (HCSB)
Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed:
Nehemiah 12 : 33 (HCSB)
Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
Nehemiah 12 : 34 (HCSB)
Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah.
Nehemiah 12 : 35 (HCSB)
Some of the priests' sons had trumpets: Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,
Nehemiah 12 : 36 (HCSB)
and his relatives: Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David, the man of God. Ezra the scribe went in front of them.
Nehemiah 12 : 37 (HCSB)
At the Fountain Gate they climbed the steps of the city of David on the ascent of the wall [and went] above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
Nehemiah 12 : 38 (HCSB)
The second thanksgiving procession went to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,
Nehemiah 12 : 39 (HCSB)
above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
Nehemiah 12 : 40 (HCSB)
The two thanksgiving processions stood in the house of God. So [did] I and half of the officials accompanying me, as well as
Nehemiah 12 : 41 (HCSB)
the priests: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
Nehemiah 12 : 42 (HCSB)
and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the singers sang, with Jezrahiah as the leader.
Nehemiah 12 : 43 (HCSB)
On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy. The women and children also celebrated, and Jerusalem's rejoicing was heard far away.
Nehemiah 12 : 44 (HCSB)
On that same day men were placed in charge of the rooms [that housed] the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tenths. The legally required portions for the priests and Levites were gathered from the village fields, because Judah was grateful to the priests and Levites who were serving.
Nehemiah 12 : 45 (HCSB)
They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
Nehemiah 12 : 46 (HCSB)
For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were leaders of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
Nehemiah 12 : 47 (HCSB)
So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.

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