Dual Panel1Now these<428> are the priests<3548> and the Levites<3881> who<834> came<5927> up with Zerubbabel<2216> the son<1121> of Shealtiel<7597>, and Jeshua<3091>: Seraiah<8304>, Jeremiah<3414>, Ezra<5830>,
2Amariah<568>, Malluch<4409>, Hattush<2407>,
3Shecaniah<7935>, Rehum<7348>, Meremoth<4822>,
4Iddo<5714>, Ginnethoi<1599>, Abijah<29>,
5Mijamin<4326>, Maadiah<4573>, Bilgah<1083>,
6Shemaiah<8098> and Joiarib<3080>, Jedaiah<3048>,
7Sallu<5543>, Amok<5987>, Hilkiah<2518> and Jedaiah<3048>. These<428> were the heads<7218> of the priests<3548> and their kinsmen<251> in the days<3117> of Jeshua<3091>.
8The Levites<3881> were Jeshua<3091>, Binnui<1131>, Kadmiel<6934>, Sherebiah<8274>, Judah<3063>, and Mattaniah<4983> who was in charge<5921> of the songs<1960> of thanksgiving<1960>, he and his brothers<251>.
9Also Bakbukiah<1229> and Unni<6042>, their brothers<251>, stood opposite<5048> them in their service<4931> divisions<4931>.
10Jeshua<3091> became<3205> the father<3205> of Joiakim<3079>, and Joiakim<3079> became<3205> the father<3205> of Eliashib<475>, and Eliashib<475> became<3205> the father of Joiada<3077>,
11and Joiada<3077> became<3205> the father<3205> of Jonathan<3083>, and Jonathan<3083> became<3205> the father<3205> of Jaddua<3037>.
12Now in the days<3117> of Joiakim<3079>, the priests<3548>, the heads<7218> of fathers'<1> households were: of Seraiah<8304>, Meraiah<4811>; of Jeremiah<3414>, Hananiah<2608>;
13of Ezra<5830>, Meshullam<4918>; of Amariah<568>, Jehohanan<3076>;
14of Malluchi<4424>, Jonathan<3083>; of Shebaniah<7645>, Joseph<3130>;
15of Harim<2766>, Adna<5733>; of Meraioth<4812>, Helkai<2517>;
16of Iddo<5714>, Zechariah<2148>; of Ginnethon<1599>, Meshullam<4918>;
17of Abijah<29>, Zichri<2147>; of Miniamin<4509>, of Moadiah<4573>, Piltai<6408>;
18of Bilgah<1083>, Shammua<8051>; of Shemaiah<8098>, Jehonathan<3083>;
19of Joiarib<3080>, Mattenai<4982>; of Jedaiah<3048>, Uzzi<5813>;
20of Sallai<5546>, Kallai<7040>; of Amok<5987>, Eber<5677>;
21of Hilkiah<2518>, Hashabiah<2811>; of Jedaiah<3048>, Nethanel<5417>.
22As for the Levites<3881>, the heads<7218> of fathers'<1> households were registered<3789> in the days<3117> of Eliashib<475>, Joiada<3077>, and Johanan<3076> and Jaddua<3037>; so were the priests<3548> in the reign<4438> of Darius<1867> the Persian<6542>.
23The sons<1121> of Levi<3878>, the heads<7218> of fathers'<1> households, were registered<3789> in the Book<5612> of the Chronicles<1697><3117> up to the days<3117> of Johanan<3076> the son<1121> of Eliashib<475>.
24The heads<7218> of the Levites<3881> were Hashabiah<2811>, Sherebiah<8274> and Jeshua<3091> the son<1121> of Kadmiel<6934>, with their brothers<251> opposite<5048> them, to praise<1984> and give<3034> thanks<3034>, as prescribed<4687> by David<1732> the man<376> of God<430>, division<4929> corresponding<5980> to division<4929>.
25Mattaniah<4983>, Bakbukiah<1229>, Obadiah<5662>, Meshullam<4918>, Talmon<2929> and Akkub<6126> were gatekeepers<7778> keeping<4929> watch<4929> at the storehouses<624> of the gates<8179>.
26These<428> served in the days<3117> of Joiakim<3079> the son<1121> of Jeshua<3091>, the son<1121> of Jozadak<3087>, and in the days<3117> of Nehemiah<5166> the governor<6346> and of Ezra<5830> the priest<3548> and scribe<5613>.
27Now at the dedication<2598> of the wall<2346> of Jerusalem<3389> they sought<1245> out the Levites<3881> from all<3605> their places<4725>, to bring<935> them to Jerusalem<3389> so that they might celebrate<6213> the dedication<2598> with gladness<8057>, with hymns<8426> of thanksgiving<8426> and with songs<7892> to the accompaniment of cymbals<4700>, harps<5035> and lyres<3658>.
28So the sons<1121> of the singers<7891> were assembled<622> from the district<3603> around<5439> Jerusalem<3389>, and from the villages<2691> of the Netophathites<5200>,
29from Beth-gilgal<1019> and from their fields<7704> in Geba<1387> and Azmaveth<5820>, for the singers<7891> had built<1129> themselves villages<2691> around<5439> Jerusalem<3389>.
30The priests<3548> and the Levites<3881> purified<2891> themselves; they also purified<2891> the people<5971>, the gates<8179> and the wall<2346>.
31Then I had the leaders<8269> of Judah<3063> come<5927> up on top<4480><5921> of the wall<2346>, and I appointed<5975> two<8147> great<1419> choirs<8426>, the first proceeding<8418> to the right<3225> on top<4480><5921> of the wall<2346> toward the Refuse<830> Gate<8179>.
32Hoshaiah<1955> and half<2677> of the leaders<8269> of Judah<3063> followed<1980><310> them,
33with Azariah<5838>, Ezra<5830>, Meshullam<4918>,
34Judah<3063>, Benjamin<1144>, Shemaiah<8098>, Jeremiah<3414>,
35and some<4480> of the sons<1121> of the priests<3548> with trumpets<2689>; and Zechariah<2148> the son<1121> of Jonathan<3083>, the son<1121> of Shemaiah<8098>, the son<1121> of Mattaniah<4983>, the son<1121> of Micaiah<4320>, the son<1121> of Zaccur<2139>, the son<1121> of Asaph<623>,
36and his kinsmen<251>, Shemaiah<8098>, Azarel<5832>, Milalai<4450>, Gilalai<1562>, Maai<4597>, Nethanel<5417>, Judah<3063> and Hanani<2607>, with the musical<7892> instruments<3627> of David<1732> the man<376> of God<430>. And Ezra<5830> the scribe<5613> went before<6440> them.
37At the Fountain<5871> Gate<8179> they went<5927> directly<5048> up the steps<4609> of the city<5892> of David<1732> by the stairway<4608> of the wall<2346> above<4480><5921> the house<1004> of David<1732> to the Water<4325> Gate<8179> on the east<4217>.
38The second<8145> choir<8426> proceeded<1980> to the left<4136>, while I followed<310> them with half<2677> of the people<5971> on the wall<2346>, above<4480><5921> the Tower<4026> of Furnaces<8574>, to the Broad<7342> Wall<2346>,
39and above<4480><5921> the Gate<8179> of Ephraim<669>, by the Old<3465> Gate<8179>, by the Fish<1709> Gate<8179>, the Tower<4026> of Hananel<2606> and the Tower<4026> of the Hundred<3968>, as far<5704> as the Sheep<6629> Gate<8179>; and they stopped<5975> at the Gate<8179> of the Guard<4307>.
40Then the two<8147> choirs<8426> took<5975> their stand<5975> in the house<1004> of God<430>. So did I and half<2677> of the officials<5461> with me;
41and the priests<3548>, Eliakim<471>, Maaseiah<4641>, Miniamin<4509>, Micaiah<4320>, Elioenai<454>, Zechariah<2148> and Hananiah<2608>, with the trumpets<2689>;
42and Maaseiah<4641>, Shemaiah<8098>, Eleazar<499>, Uzzi<5813>, Jehohanan<3076>, Malchijah<4441>, Elam<5867> and Ezer<5827>. And the singers<7891> sang<8085>, with Jezrahiah<3156> their leader<6496>,
43and on that day<3117> they offered<2076> great<1419> sacrifices<2077> and rejoiced<8055> because<3588> God<430> had given<8055> them great<1419> joy<8057>, even<1571> the women<802> and children<3206> rejoiced<8055>, so that the joy<8057> of Jerusalem<3389> was heard<8085> from afar<7350>.
44On that day<3117> men<376> were also appointed<6485> over<5921> the chambers<5393> for the stores<214>, the contributions<8641>, the first<7225> fruits<7225> and the tithes<4643>, to gather<3664> into them from the fields<7704> of the cities<5892> the portions<4521> required by the law<8451> for the priests<3548> and Levites<3881>; for Judah<3063> rejoiced<8057> over<5921> the priests<3548> and Levites<3881> who served<5975>.
45For they performed<8104> the worship<4931> of their God<430> and the service<4931> of purification<2893>, together with the singers<7891> and the gatekeepers<7778> in accordance with the command<4687> of David<1732> and of his son<1121> Solomon<8010>.
46For in the days<3117> of David<1732> and Asaph<623>, in ancient<6924> times<6924>, there were leaders<7218> of the singers<7891>, songs<7892> of praise<8416> and hymns<3034> of thanksgiving<3034> to God<430>.
47So all<3605> Israel<3478> in the days<3117> of Zerubbabel<2216> and Nehemiah<5166> gave<5414> the portions<4521> due the singers<7891> and the gatekeepers<7778> as each<3117> day<3117> required<1697>, and set<6942> apart<6942> the consecrated<6942> portion for the Levites<3881>, and the Levites<3881> set<6942> apart<6942> the consecrated<6942> portion for the sons<1121> of Aaron<175>.