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12:1Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Compare
12:2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, Compare
12:3Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Compare
12:4Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, Compare
12:5Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, Compare
12:6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah. Compare
12:7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua. Compare
12:8And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers. Compare
12:9And Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were opposite them, by their service groups. Compare
12:10And Jeshua begot Joiakim, and Joiakim begot Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada, Compare
12:11And Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua. Compare
12:12And in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of fathers' houses, were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; Compare
12:13Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; Compare
12:14Of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; Compare
12:15Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; Compare
12:16Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; Compare
12:17Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; Compare
12:18Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; Compare
12:19And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; Compare
12:20Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; Compare
12:21Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel. Compare
12:22As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan and Jaddua, the heads of fathers' houses were recorded, as well as the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian. Compare
12:23The sons of Levi, the heads of fathers' houses, were written in the book of the chronicles until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. Compare
12:24And the heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, service group next to service group. Compare
12:25Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates. Compare
12:26These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. Compare
12:27And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem in order to hold the dedication with rejoicing and thanksgiving and singing with cymbals, harps, and lyres. Compare
12:28So the sons of the singers gathered together from the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites Compare
12:29And from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built outlying villages for themselves around Jerusalem. Compare
12:30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people and the gates and the wall. Compare
12:31Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession. One went to the right upon the wall toward the Dung Gate; Compare
12:32And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the leaders of Judah, Compare
12:33And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, Compare
12:34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, Compare
12:35And some of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph; Compare
12:36And his brothers, Shemaiah and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them. Compare
12:37And at the Fountain Gate, and straight in front of them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east. Compare
12:38And the second company that gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with half of the people, upon the wall, above the Tower of the Furnaces, to the Broad Wall, Compare
12:39And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard. Compare
12:40So the two companies that gave thanks stood in the house of God, as well as I and half of the rulers with me; Compare
12:41And the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; Compare
12:42And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah as the overseer. Compare
12:43And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had caused them to rejoice greatly; and the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar. Compare
12:44And on that day men were appointed over the chambers for the stores, for the heave offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the cities' fields, the portions assigned by the law for the priests and the Levites, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served. Compare
12:45And they kept the charge of their God and the charge of the purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the command of David and Solomon his son. Compare
12:46For in the days of David and Asaph, long ago, there were leaders of the singers, and there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. Compare
12:47And in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the portions for the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required; and they consecrated portions for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated portions for the sons of Aaron. Compare

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