Nehemiah Chapter 12

• Nehemiah 12:1
  Nehemiah.
• Nehemiah 12:2
  Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
• Nehemiah 12:3
  Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
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  Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
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  Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
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  Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
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  Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
• Nehemiah 12:8
  Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
• Nehemiah 12:9
  Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving songs, he and his brothers.
• Nehemiah 12:10
  Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according to their offices.
• Nehemiah 12:11
  Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
• Nehemiah 12:12
  and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
• Nehemiah 12:13
  In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
• Nehemiah 12:14
  of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
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  of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
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  of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
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  of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
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  of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
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  of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
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  of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
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  of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
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  of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
• Nehemiah 12:23
  As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in t...
• Nehemiah 12:24
  The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
• Nehemiah 12:25
  The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks according...
• Nehemiah 12:26
  Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
• Nehemiah 12:27
  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 and scribe.
• Nehemiah 12:28
  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 gl...
• Nehemiah 12:29
  The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
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  also from Beth Gilgal and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
• Nehemiah 12:31
  The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
• Nehemiah 12:32
  Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right ha...
• Nehemiah 12:33
  and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah,
• Nehemiah 12:34
  and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
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  Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
• Nehemiah 12:36
  and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of ...
• Nehemiah 12:37
  and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezr...
• Nehemiah 12:38
  By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the ...
• Nehemiah 12:39
  The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people on the wall above the tower of the furnace...
• Nehemiah 12:40
  and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate; and ...
• Nehemiah 12:41
  So the two companies of those who gave thanks in God’s house stood, and I and the half of the rulers with me;
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  and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
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  and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
• Nehemiah 12:44
  They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced, so t...
• Nehemiah 12:45
  On that day, men were appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into the...
• Nehemiah 12:46
  They performed the duty of their God and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of Dav...
• Nehemiah 12:47
  For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
• Nehemiah 12:48
  All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, as every day required; and they...