12:1 | Now these [are] the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> that went up <05927> (8804) with Zerubbabel <02216> the son <01121> of Shealtiel <07597>, and Jeshua <03442>: Seraiah <08304>, Jeremiah <03414>, Ezra <05830>, | 12:2 | Amariah <0568>, Malluch <04409>, Hattush <02407>, {Malluch: also called, Melicu} | 12:3 | Shechaniah <07935>, Rehum <07348>, Meremoth <04822>, {Shechaniah: also called, Shebaniah} {Rehum: also called, Harim} {Meremoth: also called, Meraioth} | 12:4 | Iddo <05714>, Ginnetho <01599>, Abijah <029>, {Ginnetho: also called, Ginnethon} | 12:5 | Miamin <04326>, Maadiah <04573>, Bilgah <01083>, {Miamin: also called, Miniamin} {Maadiah: also called, Moadiah} | 12:6 | Shemaiah <08098>, and Joiarib <03114>, Jedaiah <03048>, | 12:7 | Sallu <05543>, Amok <05987>, Hilkiah <02518>, Jedaiah <03048>. These [were] the chief <07218> of the priests <03548> and of their brethren <0251> in the days <03117> of Jeshua <03442>. {Sallu: also called, Sallai} | 12:8 | Moreover the Levites <03881>: Jeshua <03442>, Binnui <01131>, Kadmiel <06934>, Sherebiah <08274>, Judah <03063>, [and] Mattaniah <04983>, [which was] over the thanksgiving <01960>, he and his brethren <0251>. {the thanksgiving: that is, the psalms of thanksgiving} | 12:9 | Also Bakbukiah <01229> and Unni <06042>, their brethren <0251>, [were] over against them in the watches <04931>. | 12:10 | And Jeshua <03442> begat <03205> (8689) Joiakim <03113>, Joiakim <03113> also begat <03205> (8689) Eliashib <0475>, and Eliashib <0475> begat <03205> (8689) Joiada <03111>, | 12:11 | And Joiada <03111> begat <03205> (8689) Jonathan <03129>, and Jonathan <03129> begat <03205> (8689) Jaddua <03037>. | 12:12 | And in the days <03117> of Joiakim <03113> were priests <03548>, the chief <07218> of the fathers <01>: of Seraiah <08304>, Meraiah <04811>; of Jeremiah <03414>, Hananiah <02608>; | 12:13 | Of Ezra <05830>, Meshullam <04918>; of Amariah <0568>, Jehohanan <03076>; | 12:14 | Of Melicu <04409>, Jonathan <03129>; of Shebaniah <07645>, Joseph <03130>; | 12:15 | Of Harim <02766>, Adna <05733>; of Meraioth <04812>, Helkai <02517>; | 12:16 | Of Iddo <05714>, Zechariah <02148>; of Ginnethon <01599>, Meshullam <04918>; | 12:17 | Of Abijah <029>, Zichri <02147>; of Miniamin <04509>, of Moadiah <04153>, Piltai <06408>; | 12:18 | Of Bilgah <01083>, Shammua <08051>; of Shemaiah <08098>, Jehonathan <03083>; | 12:19 | And of Joiarib <03114>, Mattenai <04982>; of Jedaiah <03048>, Uzzi <05813>; | 12:20 | Of Sallai <05543>, Kallai <07040>; of Amok <05987>, Eber <05677>; | 12:21 | Of Hilkiah <02518>, Hashabiah <02811>; of Jedaiah <03048>, Nethaneel <05417>. | 12:22 | The Levites <03881> in the days <03117> of Eliashib <0475>, Joiada <03111>, and Johanan <03110>, and Jaddua <03037>, [were] recorded <03789> (8803) chief <07218> of the fathers <01>: also the priests <03548>, to the reign <04438> of Darius <01867> the Persian <06542>. | 12:23 | The sons <01121> of Levi <03878>, the chief <07218> of the fathers <01>, [were] written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697>, even until the days <03117> of Johanan <03110> the son <01121> of Eliashib <0475>. | 12:24 | And the chief <07218> of the Levites <03881>: Hashabiah <02811>, Sherebiah <08274>, and Jeshua <03442> the son <01121> of Kadmiel <06934>, with their brethren <0251> over against them, to praise <01984> (8763) [and] to give thanks <03034> (8687), according to the commandment <04687> of David <01732> the man <0376> of God <0430>, ward <04929> over against <05980> ward <04929>. | 12:25 | Mattaniah <04983>, and Bakbukiah <01229>, Obadiah <05662>, Meshullam <04918>, Talmon <02929>, Akkub <06126>, [were] porters <07778> keeping <08104> (8802) the ward <04929> at the thresholds <0624> of the gates <08179>. {thresholds: or, treasuries, or, assemblies} | 12:26 | These [were] in the days <03117> of Joiakim <03113> the son <01121> of Jeshua <03442>, the son <01121> of Jozadak <03136>, and in the days <03117> of Nehemiah <05166> the governor <06346>, and of Ezra <05830> the priest <03548>, the scribe <05608> (8802). | 12:27 | And at the dedication <02598> of the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> they sought <01245> (8765) the Levites <03881> out of all their places <04725>, to bring <0935> (8687) them to Jerusalem <03389>, to keep <06213> (8800) the dedication <02598> with gladness <08057>, both with thanksgivings <08426>, and with singing <07892>, [with] cymbals <04700>, psalteries <05035>, and with harps <03658>. | 12:28 | And the sons <01121> of the singers <07891> (8789) gathered themselves together <0622> (8735), both out of the plain country <03603> round about <05439> Jerusalem <03389>, and from the villages <02691> of Netophathi <05200>; | 12:29 | Also from the house <01004> of Gilgal <01537> (8677) <01019>, and out of the fields <07704> of Geba <01387> and Azmaveth <05820>: for the singers <07891> (8789) had builded <01129> (8804) them villages <02691> round about <05439> Jerusalem <03389>. | 12:30 | And the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> purified <02891> (8691) themselves, and purified <02891> (8762) the people <05971>, and the gates <08179>, and the wall <02346>. | 12:31 | Then I brought up <05927> (8686) the princes <08269> of Judah <03063> upon the wall <02346>, and appointed <05975> (8686) two <08147> great <01419> [companies of them that gave] thanks <08426>, [whereof one] went <08418> on the right hand <03225> upon the wall <02346> toward the dung <0830> gate <08179>: | 12:32 | And after <0310> them went <03212> (8799) Hoshaiah <01955>, and half <02677> of the princes <08269> of Judah <03063>, | 12:33 | And Azariah <05838>, Ezra <05830>, and Meshullam <04918>, | 12:34 | Judah <03063>, and Benjamin <01144>, and Shemaiah <08098>, and Jeremiah <03414>, | 12:35 | And [certain] of the priests <03548>' sons <01121> with trumpets <02689>; [namely], Zechariah <02148> the son <01121> of Jonathan <03129>, the son <01121> of Shemaiah <08098>, the son <01121> of Mattaniah <04983>, the son <01121> of Michaiah <04320>, the son <01121> of Zaccur <02139>, the son <01121> of Asaph <0623>: | 12:36 | And his brethren <0251>, Shemaiah <08098>, and Azarael <05832>, Milalai <04450>, Gilalai <01562>, Maai <04597>, Nethaneel <05417>, and Judah <03063>, Hanani <02607>, with the musical <07892> instruments <03627> of David <01732> the man <0376> of God <0430>, and Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> (8802) before <06440> them. | 12:37 | And at the fountain <05869> gate <08179>, which was over against them, they went up <05927> (8804) by the stairs <04609> of the city <05892> of David <01732>, at the going up <04608> of the wall <02346>, above the house <01004> of David <01732>, even unto the water <04325> gate <08179> eastward <04217>. | 12:38 | And the other <08145> [company of them that gave] thanks <08426> went <01980> (8802) over against <04136> [them], and I after <0310> them, and the half <02677> of the people <05971> upon the wall <02346>, from beyond the tower <04026> of the furnaces <08574> even unto the broad <07342> wall <02346>; | 12:39 | And from above the gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669>, and above the old <03465> gate <08179>, and above the fish <01709> gate <08179>, and the tower <04026> of Hananeel <02606>, and the tower <04026> of Meah <03968>, even unto the sheep <06629> gate <08179>: and they stood still <05975> (8804) in the prison <04307> gate <08179>. | 12:40 | So stood <05975> (8799) the two <08147> [companies of them that gave] thanks <08426> in the house <01004> of God <0430>, and I, and the half <02677> of the rulers <05461> with me: | 12:41 | And the priests <03548>; Eliakim <0471>, Maaseiah <04641>, Miniamin <04509>, Michaiah <04320>, Elioenai <0454>, Zechariah <02148>, [and] Hananiah <02608>, with trumpets <02689>; | 12:42 | And Maaseiah <04641>, and Shemaiah <08098>, and Eleazar <0499>, and Uzzi <05813>, and Jehohanan <03076>, and Malchijah <04441>, and Elam <05867>, and Ezer <05829>. And the singers <07891> (8789) sang loud <08085> (8686), with Jezrahiah <03156> [their] overseer <06496>. {sang...: Heb. made their voice to be heard} | 12:43 | Also that day <03117> they offered <02076> (8799) great <01419> sacrifices <02077>, and rejoiced <08055> (8799): for God <0430> had made them rejoice <08055> (8765) with great <01419> joy <08057>: the wives <0802> also and the children <03206> rejoiced <08055> (8804): so that the joy <08057> of Jerusalem <03389> was heard <08085> (8735) even afar off <07350>. | 12:44 | And at that time <03117> were some <0582> appointed <06485> (8735) over the chambers <05393> for the treasures <0214>, for the offerings <08641>, for the firstfruits <07225>, and for the tithes <04643>, to gather <03664> (8800) into them out of the fields <07704> of the cities <05892> the portions <04521> of the law <08451> for the priests <03548> and Levites <03881>: for Judah <03063> rejoiced <08057> for the priests <03548> and for the Levites <03881> that waited <05975> (8802). {of the law: that is, appointed by the law} {for Judah...: Heb. for the joy of Judah} {waited: Heb. stood} | 12:45 | And both the singers <07891> (8789) and the porters <07778> kept <08104> (8799) the ward <04931> of their God <0430>, and the ward <04931> of the purification <02893>, according to the commandment <04687> of David <01732>, [and] of Solomon <08010> his son <01121>. | 12:46 | For in the days <03117> of David <01732> and Asaph <0623> of old <06924> [there were] chief <07218> of the singers <07891> (8789), and songs <07892> of praise <08416> and thanksgiving <03034> (8687) unto God <0430>. | 12:47 | And all Israel <03478> in the days <03117> of Zerubbabel <02216>, and in the days <03117> of Nehemiah <05166>, gave <05414> (8802) the portions <04521> of the singers <07891> (8789) and the porters <07778>, every day <03117> his portion <01697>: and they sanctified <06942> (8688) [holy things] unto the Levites <03881>; and the Levites <03881> sanctified <06942> (8688) [them] unto the children <01121> of Aaron <0175>. {sanctified: that is, set apart} |
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