now these are the priests and the levites that went up with zerubbabel the son of shealtiel and jeshua seraiah jeremiah ezra
sallu amok hilkiah jedaiah these were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of jeshua
moreover the levites jeshua binnui kadmiel sherebiah judah and mattaniah which was over the thanksgiving he and his brethren
also bakbukiah and unni their brethren were over against them in the watches
and jeshua begat joiakim joiakim also begat eliashib and eliashib begat joiada
and joiada begat jonathan and jonathan begat jaddua
and in the days of joiakim were priests the chief of the fathers of seraiah meraiah of jeremiah hananiah
of ezra meshullam of amariah jehohanan
of melicu jonathan of shebaniah joseph
of harim adna of meraioth helkai
of iddo zechariah of ginnethon meshullam
of abijah zichri of miniamin of moadiah piltai
of bilgah shammua of shemaiah jehonathan
and of joiarib mattenai of jedaiah uzzi
of sallai kallai of amok eber
of hilkiah hashabiah of jedaiah nethaneel
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
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
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
mattaniah and bakbukiah obadiah meshullam talmon akkub were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates
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
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
and the sons of the singers gathered themselves together both out of the plain country round about jerusalem and from the villages of netophathi
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
and the priests and the levites purified themselves and purified the people and the gates and the wall
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
and after them went hoshaiah and half of the princes of judah
and azariah ezra and meshullam
judah and benjamin and shemaiah and jeremiah
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
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
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
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
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
so stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of god and i and the half of the rulers
and the priests eliakim maaseiah miniamin michaiah elioenai zechariah and hananiah with trumpets
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
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
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
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
for in the days of david and asaph of old there were chief of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto god
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