26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the captain, and of Ezra the Priest and Scribe.

27 And in the dedication of the wall at Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places to bring them to Jerusalem to keep the dedication and gladness, both with thanksgivings and with songs, cymbals, viols, and with harps.

28 Then the [a]singers gathered themselves together both from the plain country about Jerusalem, and from the villages of [b]Netophathi,

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 12:28 Hebrew, the sons of the singers.
  2. Nehemiah 12:28 Which were a certain family, and had their possessions in the fields, 1 Chron. 2:54.

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