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Nehemiah 12 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:1 - Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:2 - Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:3 - Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:4 - Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:5 - Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:6 - Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:7 - Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:8 - Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:9 - Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:10 - And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:11 - And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:12 - And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:13 - Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:14 - Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:15 - Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:16 - Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:17 - Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:18 - Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:19 - And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:20 - Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:21 - Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

The Chief Levites

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:22 - The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:23 - The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:25 - Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:26 - These 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.

Dedication of the Wall

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:28 - And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29 - Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:30 - And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

Procedures for the Temple

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:31 - Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:32 - And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:33 - And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:34 - Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:35 - And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:36 - And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:37 - And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:40 - So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:41 - And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42 - And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:46 - For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47 - And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
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