Nehemiah 12:1-26

New Century Version

Priests and Levites

12 These are the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua. 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 in the days of Jeshua.

⁸ The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah. Mattaniah and his relatives were in charge of the songs of thanksgiving. ⁹ Bakbukiah and Unni, their relatives, stood across from 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 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 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 among the Levites were written down in the history book, but only up to the time of Johanan son of Eliashib. ²⁴ The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their relatives. Their relatives stood across from them and gave praise and thanksgiving to God. One group answered the other group, as David, the man of God, had commanded.

²⁵ These were the gatekeepers who guarded 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.