12:1 These
are
the
priests
and
the
Levites
who
came
up
with
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
and
Jeshua:
Seraiah,
Jeremiah,
Ezra,
12:2 Amariah,
Malluch,
Hattush,
12:3 Shecaniah,
Rehum,
Meremoth,
12:4 Iddo,
Ginnethoi,
Abijah,
12:5 Mijamin,
Maadiah,
Bilgah,
12:6 Shemaiah,
Joiarib,
Jedaiah,
12:7 Sallu,
Amok,
Hilkiah,
Jedaiah.
These
were
the
chiefs
of
the
priests
and
of
their
brothers
in
the
days
of
Jeshua.
12:8 And
the
Levites:
Jeshua,
Binnui,
Kadmiel,
Sherebiah,
Judah,
and
Mattaniah,
who
with
his
brothers
was
in
charge
of
the
songs
of
thanksgiving.
12:9 And
Bakbukiah
and
Unni
and
their
brothers
stood
opposite
them
in
the
service.
12:10 And
Jeshua
was
the
father
of
Joiakim,
Joiakim
the
father
of
Eliashib,
Eliashib
the
father
of
Joiada,
12:11 Joiada
the
father
of
Jonathan,
and
Jonathan
the
father
of
Jaddua.
12:12 And
in
the
days
of
Joiakim
were
priests,
heads
of
fathers'
houses:
of
Seraiah,
Meraiah;
of
Jeremiah,
Hananiah;
12:13 of
Ezra,
Meshullam;
of
Amariah,
Jehohanan;
12:14 of
Malluchi,
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 of
Joiarib,
Mattenai;
of
Jedaiah,
Uzzi;
12:20 of
Sallai,
Kallai;
of
Amok,
Eber;
12:21 of
Hilkiah,
Hashabiah;
of
Jedaiah,
Nethanel.
12:22 In
the
days
of
Eliashib,
Joiada,
Johanan,
and
Jaddua,
the
Levites
were
recorded
as
heads
of
fathers'
houses;
so
too
were
the
priests
in
the
reign
of
Darius
the
Persian.
12:23 As
for
the
sons
of
Levi,
their
heads
of
fathers'
houses
were
written
in
the
Book
of
the
Chronicles
until
the
days
of
Johanan
the
son
of
Eliashib.
12:24 And
the
chiefs
of
the
Levites:
Hashabiah,
Sherebiah,
and
Jeshua
the
son
of
Kadmiel,
with
their
brothers
who
stood
opposite
them,
to
praise
and
to
give
thanks,
according
to
the
commandment
of
David
the
man
of
God,
watch
by
watch.
12:25 Mattaniah,
Bakbukiah,
Obadiah,
Meshullam,
Talmon,
and
Akkub
were
gatekeepers
standing
guard
at
the
storehouses
of
the
gates.
12:26 These
were
in
the
days
of
Joiakim
the
son
of
Jeshua
son
of
Jozadak,
and
in
the
days
of
Nehemiah
the
governor
and
of
Ezra,
the
priest
and
scribe.
12:27 And
at
the
dedication
of
the
wall
of
Jerusalem
they
sought
the
Levites
in
all
their
places,
to
bring
them
to
Jerusalem
to
celebrate
the
dedication
with
gladness,
with
thanksgivings
and
with
singing,
with
cymbals,
harps,
and
lyres.
12:28 And
the
sons
of
the
singers
gathered
together
from
the
district
surrounding
Jerusalem
and
from
the
villages
of
the
Netophathites;
12:29 also
from
Beth-gilgal
and
from
the
region
of
Geba
and
Azmaveth,
for
the
singers
had
built
for
themselves
villages
around
Jerusalem.
12:30 And
the
priests
and
the
Levites
purified
themselves,
and
they
purified
the
people
and
the
gates
and
the
wall.
12:31 Then
I
brought
the
leaders
of
Judah
up
onto
the
wall
and
appointed
two
great
choirs
that
gave
thanks.
One
went
to
the
south
on
the
wall
to
the
Dung
Gate.
12:32 And
after
them
went
Hoshaiah
and
half
of
the
leaders
of
Judah,
12:33 and
Azariah,
Ezra,
Meshullam,
12:34 Judah,
Benjamin,
Shemaiah,
and
Jeremiah,
12:35 and
certain
of
the
priests'
sons
with
trumpets:
Zechariah
the
son
of
Jonathan,
son
of
Shemaiah,
son
of
Mattaniah,
son
of
Micaiah,
son
of
Zaccur,
son
of
Asaph;
12:36 and
his
relatives,
Shemaiah,
Azarel,
Milalai,
Gilalai,
Maai,
Nethanel,
Judah,
and
Hanani,
with
the
musical
instruments
of
David
the
man
of
God.
And
Ezra
the
scribe
went
before
them.
12:37 At
the
Fountain
Gate
they
went
up
straight
before
them
by
the
stairs
of
the
city
of
David,
at
the
ascent
of
the
wall,
above
the
house
of
David,
to
the
Water
Gate
on
the
east.
12:38 The
other
choir
of
those
who
gave
thanks
went
to
the
north,
and
I
followed
them
with
half
of
the
people,
on
the
wall,
above
the
Tower
of
the
Ovens,
to
the
Broad
Wall,
12:39 and
above
the
Gate
of
Ephraim,
and
by
the
Gate
of
Yeshanah,
and
by
the
Fish
Gate
and
the
Tower
of
Hananel
and
the
Tower
of
the
Hundred,
to
the
Sheep
Gate;
and
they
came
to
a
halt
at
the
Gate
of
the
Guard.
12:40 So
both
choirs
of
those
who
gave
thanks
stood
in
the
house
of
God,
and
I
and
half
of
the
officials
with
me;
12:41 and
the
priests
Eliakim,
Maaseiah,
Miniamin,
Micaiah,
Elioenai,
Zechariah,
and
Hananiah,
with
trumpets;
12:42 and
Maaseiah,
Shemaiah,
Eleazar,
Uzzi,
Jehohanan,
Malchijah,
Elam,
and
Ezer.
And
the
singers
sang
with
Jezrahiah
as
their
leader.
12:43 And
they
offered
great
sacrifices
that
day
and
rejoiced,
for
God
had
made
them
rejoice
with
great
joy;
the
women
and
children
also
rejoiced.
And
the
joy
of
Jerusalem
was
heard
far
away.
12:44 On
that
day
men
were
appointed
over
the
storerooms,
the
contributions,
the
firstfruits,
and
the
tithes,
to
gather
into
them
the
portions
required
by
the
Law
for
the
priests
and
for
the
Levites
according
to
the
fields
of
the
towns,
for
Judah
rejoiced
over
the
priests
and
the
Levites
who
ministered.
12:45 And
they
performed
the
service
of
their
God
and
the
service
of
purification,
as
did
the
singers
and
the
gatekeepers,
according
to
the
command
of
David
and
his
son
Solomon.
12:46 For
long
ago
in
the
days
of
David
and
Asaph
there
were
directors
of
the
singers,
and
there
were
songs
of
praise
and
thanksgiving
to
God.
12:47 And
all
Israel
in
the
days
of
Zerubbabel
and
in
the
days
of
Nehemiah
gave
the
daily
portions
for
the
singers
and
the
gatekeepers;
and
they
set
apart
that
which
was
for
the
Levites;
and
the
Levites
set
apart
that
which
was
for
the
sons
of
Aaron.