24 And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them, to (A)praise and give thanks, (B)group[a] alternating with group, (C)according to the command of David the man of God. 25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storerooms of the gates. 26 These lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of [b]Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah (D)the governor, and of Ezra the priest, (E)the scribe.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 12:24 Lit. watch by watch
  2. Nehemiah 12:26 Jehozadak, 1 Chr. 6:14

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