Nehemiah 12:24-26

Contemporary English Version

²⁴ Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel,^[a] and their assistants organized two choirs of Levites to offer praises to God, just as King David, the man of God, had commanded.

²⁵ Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were responsible for guarding the storerooms near the temple gates.

²⁶ All of these men lived during the time of Joiakim^[b] and during the time that I was governor and Ezra, a teacher of the Law of Moses, was priest.