¹Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and Yeshua: Seraiah , Jeremiah , Ezra ,

²Amariah, Malluch , Hattush ,

³Shecaniah , Rehum , Meremoth ,

⁴Iddo , Ginnethoi , Abijah,

⁵Mijamin , Maadiah , Bilgah ,

⁶Shemaiah , Joiarib , Jedaiah ,

⁷Sallu , Amok , Hilkiah , and Jedaiah . These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Yeshua.

⁸Moreover the Levites were Yeshua, Binnui , Kadmiel , Sherebiah , Judah , and Mattaniah , who was over the thanksgiving songs , he and his brothers.

⁹Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according to their offices .

¹⁰Yeshua became the father of Joiakim , and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada ,

¹¹and Joiada became the father of Jonathan , and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua .

¹²In the days of Joiakim were priests , heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah , Meraiah ; of Jeremiah , Hananiah ;

¹³of Ezra , Meshullam ; of Amariah, Jehohanan ;

¹⁴of Malluchi, Jonathan ; of Shebaniah , Joseph ;

¹⁵of Harim , Adna ; of Meraioth , Helkai ;

¹⁶of Iddo , Zechariah ; of Ginnethon , Meshullam ;

¹⁷of Abijah, Zichri ; of Miniamin , of Moadiah , Piltai ;

¹⁸of Bilgah , Shammua ; of Shemaiah , Jehonathan ;

¹⁹of Joiarib , Mattenai ; of Jedaiah , Uzzi ;

²⁰of Sallai , Kallai ; of Amok , Eber ;

²¹of Hilkiah , Hashabiah ; of Jedaiah , Nethanel .

²²As for the Levites , in the days of Eliashib, Joiada , Yochanan, and Jaddua , there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households ; also the priests , in the reign of Darius the Persian .

²³The sons of Levi , heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles , even until the days of Yochanan the son of Eliashib.

²⁴The chiefs of the Levites : Hashabiah , Sherebiah , and Yeshua the son of Kadmiel , with their brothers close to them , to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, section next to section.

²⁵Mattaniah , Bakbukiah , Obadiah , Meshullam , Talmon , and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates .

²⁶These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Yeshua, the son of Jozadak , and in the days of Nehemiah the governor , and of Ezra the priest and scribe .

²⁷At 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 giving thanks and with singing , with cymbals , stringed instruments , and with harps .

²⁸The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites ;

²⁹also from Beth Gilgal and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth , for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem .

³⁰The priests and the Levites purified themselves ; and they purified the people , the gates , and the wall .

³¹Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall , and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate ;

³²and after them went Hoshaiah , with half of the princes of Judah ,

³³and Azariah , Ezra , and Meshullam ,

³⁴Judah , Benjamin , Shemaiah , Jeremiah ,

³⁵and some of the priests ’ sons with shofars: Zechariah the son of Jonathan , the son of Shemaiah , the son of Mattaniah , the son of Micaiah , the son of Zaccur , the son of Asaph;[#12:35 or, trumpets]

³⁶and his brothers, Shemaiah , Azarel , Milalai , Gilalai , Maai , Nethanel , Judah , and Hanani , with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them .

³⁷By the spring gate , and straight before them , they went up by the stairs of David ’s city , at the ascent of the wall , above David ’s house , even to the water gate eastward .

³⁸The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them , and I after them , with the half of the people on the wall above the tower of the furnaces , even to the wide wall ,

³⁹and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate , and by the fish gate , the tower of Hananel , and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate ; and they stood still in the gate of the guard .

⁴⁰So the two companies of those who gave thanks in God’s house stood , and I and the half of the rulers with me ;

⁴¹and the priests , Eliakim, Maaseiah , Miniamin , Micaiah , Elioenai, Zechariah , and Hananiah , with shofars;[#12:41 or, trumpets]

⁴²and Maaseiah , Shemaiah , Eleazar, Uzzi , Jehohanan , Malchijah , Elam , and Ezer . The singers sang loud , with Jezrahiah their overseer .

⁴³They offered great sacrifices that day , and rejoiced , for God had made them rejoice with great joy ; and the women and the children also rejoiced , so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away .

⁴⁴On that day , men were appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave offerings , for the first fruits , and for the tithes , to gather into them according to the fields of the cities the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites ; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who served .

⁴⁵They performed the duty of their God and the duty of the purification , and so did the singers and the gatekeepers , according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son .

⁴⁶For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers , and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

⁴⁷All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers , as every day required ; and they set apart that which was for the Levites ; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.