<p class="bodytext">Then the two choirs that gave thanks took their stations<n id="1" /> in the temple of God. I did also, along with half the officials with me,

<t /><p class="bodytext">At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived<n id="2" /> to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

<p class="bodytext">I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed<n id="1" /> on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.

<p class="bodytext">The second choir was proceeding<n id="1" /> in the opposite direction. I followed them, along with half the people, on top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,