Nehemiah 12:1-26
Evangelical Heritage Version
Legitimate Servants for the Temple
12 These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua:
Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluk, Hattush,
3 Shekaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
5 Mijamin, Ma’adiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah.
These were the heads of the priests and their relatives in the days of Jeshua.
8 These are the Levites:
Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah,
Mattaniah (he and his relatives were in charge of songs of thanksgiving),
9 and Bakbukiah and Unni (their relatives were stationed opposite them for the services).
The Succession of Priests
10 Now Jeshua was the father of Joiakim,
and Joiakim was the father of Eliashib,
and Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
11 and Joiada was the father of Jonathan,
and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
12 Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests who were the heads of the families were as follows:
the head of Seraiah’s family was Meraiah
of Jeremiah’s: Hananiah
13 of Ezra’s: Meshullam
of Amariah’s: Jehohanan
14 of Malluk’s: Jonathan
of Shebaniah’s: Joseph
15 of Harim’s: Adna
of Meraioth’s: Helkai
16 of Iddo’s: Zechariah
of Ginnethon’s: Meshullam
17 of Abijah’s: Zikri
of Miniamin’s, of Moadiah’s: Piltai
18 of Bilgah’s: Shammua
of Shemaiah’s: Jehonathan
19 and of Joiarib’s: Mattenai
of Jedaiah’s: Uzzi
20 of Sallai’s: Kallai
of Amok’s: Eber
21 of Hilkiah’s: Hashabiah
of Jedaiah’s: Nethanel.
22 In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, the Levites were recorded by the heads of families,[a] as were the priests, until the reign of Darius the Persian. 23 The descendants of Levi who were heads of families were recorded in the book of the chronicles, down to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.
24 The heads of the Levites were as follows:
Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel and his relatives, who stood opposite them to praise and to give thanks according to the command of David the man of God, one division corresponding to another.
25 Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storerooms at the gates. 26 These men served in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and Ezra the priest, the scribe.
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 12:22 Literally the heads of fathers
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