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Nehemiah 12:9-47

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}