Nehemiah
Nehemiah 12
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Nehemiah 12 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now these are the priests and the that went up with the son of , and : Seraiah, , , Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, Shemaiah, and , Jedaiah, Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of . Moreover the : Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, , and , which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. Also and , their brethren, were over against them in the watches. And begat , Joiakim also begat , and begat , And begat , and begat . And in the days of were priests, the chief of the fathers: of , Meraiah; of , Hananiah; Of , Meshullam; of , Jehohanan; Of , ; of , ; Of , Adna; of , Helkai; Of , ; of , Meshullam; Of , Zichri; of , of , Piltai; Of , Shammua; of , Jehonathan; And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of , Uzzi; Of , Kallai; of , Eber; Of , Hashabiah; of , Nethaneel. The in the days of , Joiada, and , and , were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of the . The sons of , the chief of the fathers, were of the chronicles, even until the days of the son of . And the chief of the : Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and the son of , with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of the man of God, ward over against ward. Mattaniah, and , , Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. These were in the days of the son of , the son of , and in the days of the governor, and of the priest, the scribe. And at the of the wall of they sought the out of all their places, to bring them to , to keep the 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 , and from the villages of ; Also from the house of , and out of the fields of and : for the singers had builded them villages round about . And the priests and the purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. Then I brought up the princes of upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: And after them went , and half of the princes of , And , , and , , and , and , and , And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of : And his brethren, Shemaiah, and , Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and , Hanani, with the musical instruments of the man of God, and the scribe before them. And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of , at the going up of the wall, above the house of , 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 , and above the old gate, and above the gate, and the tower of , and the tower of , even unto the 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 with me: And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, , and , with trumpets; And , and , and , and , and , and , and , and . And the singers sang loud, with 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 was heard even afar off. And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the , and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of for the priests and : for rejoiced for the priests and for the 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 , and of his son. For in the days of and of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. And all in the days of , and in the days of , gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the ; and the sanctified them unto the children of .