12:1 Now these [are] the priests and the
Levites that went up with Zorobabel the son of Salathiel and Jesus: Saraia,
Jeremia, Esdra,
12:2 Amaria, Maluch,
12:3 Sechenia.
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12:6
12:7 These [were] the chiefs of the priests, and their brethren in the days
of Jesus.
12:8 And the Levites [were], Jesus, Banui, Cadmiel, Sarabia, Jodae,
Matthania: he [was] over the bands,
12:9 and his brethren [were appointed] to the daily courses.
12:10 And Jesus begot Joakim, and Joakim begot Eliasib, and Eliasib [begot]
Jodae,
12:11 and Jodae begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jadu.
12:12 And in the days of Joakim, his brethren the priests and the heads of
families [were, belonging] to Saraia, Amaria; to Jeremia, Anania;
12:13 to Esdra, Mesulam; to Amaria, Joanan;
12:14 to Amaluch, Jonathan; to Sechenia, Joseph;
12:15 to Are, Mannas; to Marioth, Elcai;
12:16 to Adadai, Zacharia; to Ganathoth, Mesolam;
12:17 to Abia, Zechri; to Miamin, Maadai; to Pheleti, [one];
12:18 to Balgas, Samue; to Semia, Jonathan;
12:19 to Joarib, Matthanai; to Edio, Ozi;
12:20 to Salai, Callai; to Amec, Abed;
12:21 to Elkia, Asabias; to Jedeiu, Nathanael.
12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliasib, Joada, and Joa, and Joanan, and
Idua, [were] recorded heads of families: also the priests, in the reign of
Darius the Persian.
12:23 And the sons of Levi, heads of families, [were] written in the book of
the chronicles, even to the days of Joanan son of Elisue.
12:24 And the heads of the Levites [were] Asabia, and Sarabia, and Jesu: and
the sons of Cadmiel, and their brethren over against them, were to sing
hymns of praise, according to the commandment of David the man of Elohim,
course by course.
12:25 When I gathered the porters,
12:26 [it was] in the days of Joakim son of Jesus, son of Josedec, and in
the days of Neemia: and Esdras the priest [was] scribe.
12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites
in their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep a feast of dedication
and gladness with thanksgiving, and they sounded cymbals with songs, and
[had] psalteries and harps.
12:28 And the sons of the singers were assembled both from the neighbourhood
round about to Jerusalem, and from the villages,
12:29 and from the country: for the singers built themselves villages by
Jerusalem.
12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified
the people, and the porters, and the wall.
12:31 And they brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and they
appointed two great [companies] for thanksgiving, and they passed on the
right hand on the wall of the dung-gate.
12:32 And after them went Osaia, and half the princes of Judah,
12:33 and Azarias, and Esdras, an Mesollam,
12:34 and Judah, and Benjamin, and Samaias and Jeremia.
12:35 And [some] of the sons of the priest with trumpets, Zacharias son of
Jonathan, son of Samaias, son of Matthania, son of Michaia, son of Zacchur,
son of Asaph:
12:36 and his brethren, Samaia, and Oziel, Gelol, Jama, Aia, Nathanael, and
Judah, Anani, to praise with the hymns of David the man of Elohim; and Esdras
the scribe [was] before them,
12:37 at the gate, to praise before them, and they went up by the steps of
the city of David, in the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even
to the water-gate
12:38
12:39 of Ephraim, and to the fish-gate, and by the tower of Anameel, and as
far as the sheep-gate.
12:40
12:41
12:42 And the singers were heard, and were numbered.
12:43 And in that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced; for Elohim
had made them very joyful: and their wives and their children rejoiced: and
the joy in Jerusalem was heard from afar off.
12:44 And in that day they appointed men over the treasuries, for the
treasures, the first-fruits, and the tithes, and [for] the chiefs of the
cities who were assembled among them, [to furnish] portions for the priests
and Levites: for [there was] joy in Judah over the priests and over the
Levites that waited.
12:45 And they kept the charges of their Elohim, and the charges of the
purification, and [ordered] the singers and the porters, according to the
commandments of David and his son Solomon.
12:46 For in the days of David Asaph was originally first of the singers,
and [they sang] hymns and praise to Elohim.
12:47 And all Israel in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of Neemias,
gave the portions of the singers and the porters, a daily rate: and
consecrated them to the Levites: and the Levites consecrated them to the
sons of Aaron. |
12:1 Now these are the priests and the
Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua:
Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
12:3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
12:4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
12:6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and
of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and
Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the
watches.
12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib
begat Joiada,
12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of
Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
12:13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
12:14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
12:16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
12:17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:
12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
12:19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
12:20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
12:21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua,
were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius
the Persian.
12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book
of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son
of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give
thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of Elohim, ward over
against ward.
12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were
porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of
Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest,
the scribe.
12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites
out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication
with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals,
psalteries, and with harps.
12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of
the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and
Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the
people, and the gates, and the wall.
12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed
two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right
hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
12:32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
12:33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
12:34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
12:35 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the
son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of
Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,
Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man
of Elohim, and Ezra the scribe before them.
12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by
the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the
house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
12:38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them,
and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the
tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
12:39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above
the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto
the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
12:40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of
Elohim, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
12:41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,
Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and
Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah
their overseer.
12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for Elohim had
made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced:
so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the
treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to
gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for
the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the
Levites that waited.
12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their Elohim, and
the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of
Solomon his son.
12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the
singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto Elohim.
12:47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah,
gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and
they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified
them unto the children of Aaron. |