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15 Now from the Levites:

Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the [a]chiefs of the Levites, who were over (A)the outside work of the house of God;
17 and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of [b]Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the [c]chief in beginning the thanksgiving in prayer,
and Bakbukiah, the second among his relatives;
and [d]Abda the son of [e]Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

18 All the Levites in (B)the holy city were 284.

19 Now the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 11:16 Lit heads
  2. Nehemiah 11:17 In 1 Chr 9:15, Zichri
  3. Nehemiah 11:17 Lit head
  4. Nehemiah 11:17 In 1 Chr 9:16, Obadiah
  5. Nehemiah 11:17 In 1 Chr 9:16, Shemaiah