Nehemiah 12:1-14

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.

12:10 Jeshua was the father of ⁷  Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada, 12:11 Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.

12:12 In the days of Joiakim, these were the priests who were leaders of the families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 12:13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 12:14 of Malluch, ⁸  Jonathan; of Shecaniah, ⁹  Joseph;

[12:1]  ¹ tn Heb “who went up.”

[12:4]  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).

[12:7]  ³ tn Heb “heads” (so also in v. 12).

[12:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “brothers” (also in vv. 8, 9, 24, 36).

[12:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “he and his brothers.”

[12:9]  ⁶ tc The translation reads וְעֻנִּי (vÿ’unni) with the Qere rather than וְעֻנּוֹ (vÿ’uno) of the MT Kethib.

[12:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “begat.”

[12:14]  ⁸ tc The present translation reads with the LXX לְמַלּוּךְ (lÿmallukh) rather than לִמְלוּכִי (limlukhi) of the Kethib (by dittography) or לִמְלִיכוּ (limlikhu) of the Qere.

[12:14]  ⁹ tc Most Hebrew MSS read “Shebaniah” (cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV, CEV); the present translation follows the reading of some Hebrew MSS, some LXX MSS, and the Syriac (cf. Neh 12:3 and NIV, NCV, NLT).