Nehemiah 12:1-9

The Priests and the Levites Who Returned to Jerusalem

12:1 These are the priests and Levites who returned 1  with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 12:3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 12:4 Iddo, Ginnethon, 2  Abijah, 12:5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah, 12:6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders 3  of the priests and their colleagues 4  in the days of Jeshua.

12:8 And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who together with his colleagues 5  was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving. 12:9 Bakbukiah and Unni, 6  their colleagues, stood opposite them in the services.

1 tn Heb “who went up.”

2 tc Most Hebrew MSS read “Ginnethoi”; the present translation follows a number of Hebrew MSS and the Vulgate (cf. Neh 12:16 and NIV, NCV, NLT).

3 tn Heb “heads” (so also in v. 12).

4 tn Heb “brothers” (also in vv. 8, 9, 24, 36).

4 tn Heb “he and his brothers.”

5 tc The translation reads וְעֻנִּי (vÿ’unni) with the Qere rather than וְעֻנּוֹ (vÿ’uno) of the MT Kethib.