Nehemiah 12:31-43

English Standard Version

³¹ Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great choirs that gave thanks. ^(A)One went to the south on the wall to ^(B)the Dung Gate. ³² And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah, ³³ and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, ³⁴ Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, ³⁵ and certain of the priests' sons ^(C)with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph; ³⁶ and his relatives, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, ^(D)with the musical instruments of David ^(E)the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them. ³⁷ At ^(F)the Fountain Gate they went up straight before them by ^(G)the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, to ^(H)the Water Gate on the east.

^38 (I)The other choir of those who gave thanks went to the north, and I followed them with half of the people, on the wall, above ^(J)the Tower of the Ovens, to ^(K)the Broad Wall, ³⁹ and above ^(L)the Gate of Ephraim, and by ^(M)the Gate of Yeshanah,^[a] and by ^(N)the Fish Gate and ^(O)the Tower of Hananel and ^(P)the Tower of the Hundred, to ^(Q)the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at ^(R)the Gate of the Guard. ⁴⁰ So both choirs of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me; ⁴¹ and the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, ^(S)with trumpets; ⁴² and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang with Jezrahiah as their leader. ⁴³ And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.