Dual Panel1These <0428> are the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> who <0834> returned <05927> with <05973> Zerubbabel <02216> son <01121> of Shealtiel <07597> and Jeshua <03442>: Seraiah <08304>, Jeremiah <03414>, Ezra <05830>,
2Amariah <0568>, Malluch <04409>, Hattush <02407>,
3Shecaniah <07935>, Rehum <07348>, Meremoth <04822>,
4Iddo <05714>, Ginnethon <01599>, Abijah <029>,
5Mijamin <04326>, Moadiah <04573>, Bilgah <01083>,
6Shemaiah <08098>, Joiarib <03114>, Jedaiah <03048>,
7Sallu <05543>, Amok <05987>, Hilkiah <02518>, and Jedaiah <03048>. These <0428> were the leaders <07218> of the priests <03548> and their colleagues <0251> in the days <03117> of Jeshua <03442>.
8And the Levites <03881>: Jeshua <03442>, Binnui <01131>, Kadmiel <06934>, Sherebiah <08274>, Judah <03063>, and Mattaniah <04983>, who together with his <01931> colleagues <0251> was in charge <05921> of the songs of thanksgiving <01960>.
9Bakbukiah <01229> and Unni <06042>, their colleagues <0251>, stood opposite <05048> them in the services <04931>.
10Jeshua <03442> was the father <03205> of Joiakim <03113>, Joiakim <03113> was the father <03205> of Eliashib <0475>, Eliashib <0475> was the father of Joiada <03111>,
11Joiada <03111> was the father <03205> of Jonathan <03129>, and Jonathan <03129> was the father <03205> of Jaddua <03037>.
12In the days <03117> of Joiakim <03113>, these were <01961> the priests <03548> who were leaders <07218> of the families <01>: of Seraiah <08304>, Meraiah <04811>; of Jeremiah <03414>, Hananiah <02608>;
13of Ezra <05830>, Meshullam <04918>; of Amariah <0568>, Jehohanan <03076>;
14of Malluch <04409>, Jonathan <03129>; of Shecaniah <07645>, Joseph <03130>;
15of Harim <02766>, Adna <05733>; of Meremoth <04812>, Helkai <02517>;
16of Iddo <05714>, Zechariah <02148>; of Ginnethon <01599>, Meshullam <04918>;
17of Abijah <029>, Zicri <02147>; of Miniamin <04509> and of Moadiah <04153>, Piltai <06408>;
18of Bilgah <01083>, Shammua <08051>; of Shemaiah <08098>, Jehonathan <03083>;
19of Joiarib <03114>, Mattenai <04982>; of Jedaiah <03048>, Uzzi <05813>;
20of Sallu <05543>, Kallai <07040>; of Amok <05987>, Eber <05677>;
21of Hilkiah <02518>, Hashabiah <02811>; of Jedaiah <03048>, Nethanel <05417>.
22As for the Levites <03881>, in the days <03117> of Eliashib <0475>, Joiada <03111>, Johanan <03110> and Jaddua <03037> the heads <07218> of families <01> were recorded <03789>, as were the priests <03548> during the reign <04438> of Darius <01867> the Persian <06542>.
23The descendants <01121> of Levi <03878> were recorded <03789> in <05921> the Book <05612> of the Chronicles <03117> <01697> as <05704> heads <07218> of families <01> up to the days <03117> of Johanan <03110> son <01121> of Eliashib <0475>.
24And the leaders <07218> of the Levites <03881> were Hashabiah <02811>, Sherebiah <08274>, Jeshua <03442> son <01121> of Kadmiel <06934>, and their colleagues <0251>, who stood opposite <05048> them to offer praise <01984> and thanks <03034>, one contingent <04929> <04929> corresponding <05980> to the other, as specified by David <01732> the man <0376> of God <0430>.
25Mattaniah <04983>, Bakbukiah <01229>, Obadiah <05662>, Meshullam <04918>, Talmon <02929>, and Akkub <06126> were gatekeepers <07778> who were guarding <04929> <08104> the storerooms <0624> at the gates <08179>.
26These <0428> all served in the days <03117> of Joiakim <03113> son <01121> of Jeshua <03442>, the son <01121> of Jozadak <03136>, and in the days <03117> of Nehemiah <05166> the governor <06346> and of Ezra <05830> the priestly <03548> scribe <05608>.
27At the dedication <02598> of the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389>, they sought <01245> out the Levites <03881> from all <03605> the places <04725> they lived to bring <0935> them to Jerusalem <03389> to celebrate <06213> the dedication <02598> joyfully <08057> with songs of thanksgiving <08426> and songs <07892> accompanied by cymbals <04700>, harps <05035>, and lyres <03658>.
28The singers <07891> <01121> were also assembled <0622> from <04480> the district <03603> around <05439> Jerusalem <03389> and from <04480> the settlements <02691> of the Netophathites <05200>
29and from Beth <01004> Gilgal <01537> and from the fields <07704> of Geba <01387> and Azmaveth <05820>, for <03588> the singers <07891> had built <01129> settlements <02691> for themselves <01992> around <05439> Jerusalem <03389>.
30When the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> had purified <02891> themselves, they purified <02891> the people <05971>, the gates <08179>, and the wall <02346>.
31I brought <05927> the leaders <08269> of Judah <03063> up <05927> on top <05921> of the wall <02346>, and I appointed <05975> two <08147> large <01419> choirs to give thanks <08426>. One was to proceed <08418> on the top <05921> of the wall <02346> southward <03225> toward the Dung <0830> Gate <08179>.
32Going <01980> after <0310> them were Hoshaiah <01955>, half <02677> the leaders <08269> of Judah <03063>,
33Azariah <05838>, Ezra <05830>, Meshullam <04918>,
34Judah <03063>, Benjamin <01144>, Shemaiah <08098>, Jeremiah <03414>,
35some of the priests <03548> with trumpets <02689>, Zechariah <02148> son <01121> of Jonathan <03129>, the son <01121> of Shemaiah <08098>, the son <01121> of Mattaniah <04983>, the son <01121> of Micaiah <04320>, the son <01121> of Zaccur <02139>, the son <01121> of Asaph <0623>,
36and his colleagues <0251>– Shemaiah <08098>, Azarel <05832>, Milalai <04450>, Gilalai <01562>, Maai <04597>, Nethanel <05417>, Judah <03063>, and Hanani <02607>– with musical <07892> instruments <03627> of David <01732> the man <0376> of God <0430>. (Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> led <06440> them.)
37They went over <05921> the Fountain <05869> Gate <08179> and continued <05927> directly <05048> up <05921> the steps <04609> of the City <05892> of David <01732> on the ascent <04608> to the wall <02346>. They passed <05921> the house <01004> of David <01732> and continued on to <05704> the Water <04325> Gate <08179> toward the east <04217>.
38The second <08145> choir <08426> was proceeding <01980> in the opposite <04136> direction. I <0589> followed <0310> them, along with half <02677> the people <05971>, on top <05921> of the wall <02346>, past <05921> the Tower <04026> of the Ovens <08574> to <05704> the Broad <07342> Wall <02346>,
39over <05921> the Ephraim <0669> Gate <08179>, the Jeshanah <03466> Gate <08179>, the Fish <01709> Gate <08179>, the Tower <04026> of Hananel <02606>, and the Tower <04026> of the Hundred <03968>, to <05704> the Sheep <06629> Gate <08179>. They stopped <05975> at the Gate <08179> of the Guard <04307>.
40Then the two <08147> choirs <08426> that gave thanks took <05975> their stations <05975> in the temple <01004> of God <0430>. I <0589> did also, along with half <02677> the officials <05461> with <05973> me,
41and the priests <03548>– Eliakim <0471>, Maaseiah <04641>, Miniamin <04509>, Micaiah <04320>, Elioenai <0454>, Zechariah <02148>, and Hananiah <02608>, with their trumpets <02689>–
42and also Maaseiah <04641>, Shemaiah <08098>, Eleazar <0499>, Uzzi <05813>, Jehohanan <03076>, Malkijah <04441>, Elam <05867>, and Ezer <05829>. The choirs sang <07891> loudly <08085> under the direction <06496> of Jezrahiah <03156>.
43And on that day <03117> they offered <02076> great <01419> sacrifices <02077> and rejoiced <08055> <08055>, for <03588> God <0430> had given them great <01419> joy <08057>. The women <0802> and children <03206> also <01571> rejoiced <08055>. The rejoicing <08057> in Jerusalem <03389> could be heard <08085> from far away <07350>.
44On that day <03117> men <0376> were appointed <06485> over <05921> the storerooms <05393> for the contributions <08641>, first fruits <07225>, and tithes <04643>, to gather <03664> into them from the fields <07704> of the cities <05892> the portions prescribed <04521> by the law <08451> for the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881>, for <03588> the people of Judah <03063> took delight <08057> in <05921> the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> who were ministering <05975>.
45They performed <08104> the service <04931> of their God <0430> and the service <04931> of purification <02893>, along with the singers <07891> and gatekeepers <07778>, according to the commandment <04687> of David <01732> and his son <01121> Solomon <08010>.
46For <03588> long ago <06924>, in the days <03117> of David <01732> and Asaph <0623>, there had been directors <07218> for the singers <07891> and for the songs <07892> of praise <08416> and thanks <03034> to God <0430>.
47So in the days <03117> of Zerubbabel <02216> and in the days <03117> of Nehemiah <05166>, all <03605> Israel <03478> was contributing <05414> the portions <04521> for the singers <07891> and gatekeepers <07778>, according to the daily <03117> <03117> need <01697>. They also set aside the portion <06942> for the Levites <03881>, and the Levites <03881> set aside the portion <06942> for the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>.