16:012:001 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah,
Jeremiah, Ezra,
16:012:002 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
16:012:003 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
16:012:004 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
16:012:005 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
16:012:006 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
16:012:007 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the
priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
16:012:008 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah,
Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and
his brethren.
16:012:009 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against
them in the watches.
16:012:010 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and
Eliashib begat Joiada,
16:012:011 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
16:012:012 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the
fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
16:012:013 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
16:012:014 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
16:012:015 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
16:012:016 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
16:012:017 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:
16:012:018 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
16:012:019 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
16:012:020 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
16:012:021 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
16:012:022 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.
16:012:023 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.
16:012:024 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 God, ward over against ward.
16:012:025 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,
were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
16:012:026 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.
16:012:027 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.
16:012:028 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both
out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the
villages of Netophathi;
16:012:029 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.
16:012:030 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and
purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
16:012:031 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:
16:012:032 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of
Judah,
16:012:033 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
16:012:034 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
16:012:035 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:
16:012:036 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai,
Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical
instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe
before them.
16:012:037 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.
16:012:038 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;
16:012:039 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.
16:012:040 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the
house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
16:012:041 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah,
Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
16:012:042 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.
16:012:043 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for
God 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.
16:012:044 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.
16:012:045 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their
God, and the ward of the purification, according to the
commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
16:012:046 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of
the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
16:012:047 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.