Priests and Levites

12 These are the priests and Levites who ·returned [^Lwent up] with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua [Ezra 1—2]. There were Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, ² Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, ³ Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, ⁴ Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah, ⁵ Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah, ⁶ Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, ⁷ Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. They were the leaders of the priests and their ·relatives [colleagues; kinsmen; ^Lbrothers] in the days of Jeshua.

⁸ The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah. Mattaniah and his ·relatives [colleagues; kinsmen; ^Lbrothers] were in charge of the songs of thanksgiving. ⁹ Bakbukiah and Unni, their ·relatives [colleagues; kinsmen; ^Lbrothers], stood ·across from [opposite; ^Las an antiphonal choir; v. 24] them in the services.

¹⁰ Jeshua was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada. ¹¹ Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.

¹² In the days of Joiakim, these priests were the ·leaders [heads] of the families of priests: Meraiah, from Seraiah’s family; Hananiah, from Jeremiah’s family; ¹³ Meshullam, from Ezra’s family; Jehohanan, from Amariah’s family; ¹⁴ Jonathan, from Malluch’s family; Joseph, from Shecaniah’s family; ¹⁵ Adna, from Harim’s family; Helkai, from Meremoth’s family; ¹⁶ Zechariah, from Iddo’s family; Meshullam, from Ginnethon’s family; ¹⁷ Zicri, from Abijah’s family; Piltai, from Miniamin’s and Moadiah’s families; ¹⁸ Shammua, from Bilgah’s family; Jehonathan, from Shemaiah’s family; ¹⁹ Mattenai, from Joiarib’s family; Uzzi, from Jedaiah’s family; ²⁰ Kallai, from Sallu’s family; Eber, from Amok’s family; ²¹ Hashabiah, from Hilkiah’s family; and Nethanel, from Jedaiah’s family.

²² The ·leaders [heads] of the families of the Levites and the priests were written down in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, while Darius the Persian was king. ²³ The family ·leaders [heads] among the Levites were written down in the ·history book [Book/Scroll of the Chronicles/Annals/History] up to the time of Johanan son of Eliashib. ²⁴ The ·leaders [heads] of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their ·relatives [colleagues; kinsmen; ^Lbrothers]. Their ·relatives [colleagues; kinsmen; ^Lbrothers] stood ·across from [opposite] them and ·gave [offered] praise and thanksgiving. One group ·answered the [responded to the; ^Cantiphonally] other group, as David, the man of God, had ·commanded [prescribed].

²⁵ These were the gatekeepers who ·guarded [kept watch at] the storerooms next to the gates: Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub. ²⁶ They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak. They also served in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and ·teacher [scribe].