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Verse 1

Now these are the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881} that went up{H5927} with Zerubbabel{H2216} the son{H1121} of Shealtiel,{H7597} and Jeshua:{H3442} Seraiah,{H8304} Jeremiah,{H3414} Ezra,{H5830}

Verse 2

Amariah,{H568} Malluch,{H4409} Hattush,{H2407}

Verse 3

Shecaniah,{H7935} Rehum,{H7348} Meremoth,{H4822}

Verse 4

Iddo,{H5714} Ginnethoi,{H1599} Abijah,{H29}

Verse 5

Mijamin,{H4326} Maadiah,{H4573} Bilgah,{H1083}

Verse 6

Shemaiah,{H8098} and Joiarib,{H3114} Jedaiah.{H3048}

Verse 7

Sallu,{H5543} Amok,{H5987} Hilkiah,{H2518} Jedaiah.{H3048} These were the chiefs{H7218} of the priests{H3548} and of their brethren{H251} in the days{H3117} of Jeshua.{H3442}

Verse 8

Moreover the Levites:{H3881} Jeshua,{H3442} Binnui,{H1131} Kadmiel,{H6934} Sherebiah,{H8274} Judah,{H3063} [and] Mattaniah,{H4983} who was over the thanksgiving,{H1960} he and his brethren.{H251}

Verse 9

Also Bakbukiah{H1229} and Unno,{H6042} their brethren,{H251} were over against them according to their offices.{H4931}

Verse 10

And Jeshua{H3442} begat{H3205} Joiakim,{H3113} and Joiakim{H3113} begat{H3205} Eliashib,{H475} and Eliashib{H475} begat{H3205} Joiada,{H3111}

Verse 11

and Joiada{H3111} begat{H3205} Jonathan,{H3129} and Jonathan{H3129} begat{H3205} Jaddua.{H3037}

Verse 12

And in the days{H3117} of Joiakim{H3113} were priests,{H3548} heads{H7218} of fathers'{H1} [houses]: of Seraiah,{H8304} Meraiah;{H4811} of Jeremiah,{H3414} Hananiah;{H2608}

Verse 13

of Ezra,{H5830} Meshullam;{H4918} of Amariah,{H568} Jehohanan;{H3076}

Verse 14

of Malluchi,{H4409} Jonathan;{H3129} of Shebaniah,{H7645} Joseph;{H3130}

Verse 15

of Harim,{H2766} Adna;{H5733} of Meraioth,{H4812} Helkai;{H2517}

Verse 16

of Iddo,{H5714} Zechariah;{H2148} of Ginnethon,{H1599} Meshullam;{H4918}

Verse 17

of Abijah,{H29} Zichri;{H2147} of Miniamin,{H4509} of Moadiah,{H4153} Piltai;{H6408}

Verse 18

of Bilgah,{H1083} Shammua;{H8051} of Shemaiah,{H8098} Jehonathan;{H3083}

Verse 19

and of Joiarib,{H3114} Mattenai;{H4982} of Jedaiah,{H3048} Uzzi;{H5813}

Verse 20

of Sallai,{H5543} Kallai;{H7040} of Amok,{H5987} Eber;{H5677}

Verse 21

of Hilkiah,{H2518} Hashabiah;{H2811} of Jedaiah,{H3048} Nethanel.{H5417}

Verse 22

As for the Levites,{H3881} in the days{H3117} of Eliashib,{H475} Joiada,{H3111} and Johanan,{H3110} and Jaddua,{H3037} there were recorded{H3789} the heads{H7218} of fathers'{H1} [houses]; also the priests,{H3548} in the reign{H4438} of Darius{H1867} the Persian.{H6542}

Verse 23

The sons{H1121} of Levi,{H3878} heads{H7218} of fathers'{H1} [houses], were written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the chronicles,{H1697} even until the days{H3117} of Johanan{H3110} the son{H1121} of Eliashib.{H475}

Verse 24

And the chiefs{H7218} of the Levites:{H3881} Hashabiah,{H2811} Sherebiah,{H8274} and Jeshua{H3442} the son{H1121} of Kadmiel,{H6934} with their brethren{H251} over against them, to praise{H1984} and give thanks,{H3034} according to the commandment{H4687} of David{H1732} the man{H376} of God,{H430} watch{H4929} next{H5980} to watch.{H4929}

Verse 25

Mattaniah,{H4983} and Bakbukiah,{H1229} Obadiah,{H5662} Meshullam,{H4918} Talmon,{H2929} Akkub,{H6126} were porters{H7778} keeping{H8104} the watch{H4929} at the store-houses{H624} of the gates.{H8179}

Verse 26

These were in the days{H3117} of Joiakim{H3113} the son{H1121} of Jeshua,{H3442} the son{H1121} of Jozadak,{H3136} and in the days{H3117} of Nehemiah{H5166} the governor,{H6346} and of Ezra{H5830} the priest{H3548} the scribe.{H5608}

Verse 27

And at the dedication{H2598} of the wall{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389} they sought{H1245} the Levites{H3881} out of all their places,{H4725} to bring{H935} them to Jerusalem,{H3389} to keep{H6213} the dedication{H2598} with gladness,{H8057} both with thanksgivings,{H8426} and with singing,{H7892} with cymbals,{H4700} psalteries,{H5035} and with harps.{H3658}

Verse 28

And the sons{H1121} of the singers{H7891} gathered themselves together,{H622} both out of the plain{H3603} round about{H5439} Jerusalem,{H3389} and from the villages{H2691} of the Netophathites;{H5200}

Verse 29

also from Beth -{H1004} gilgal,{H1537} and out of the fields{H7704} of Geba{H1387} and Azmaveth:{H5820} for the singers{H7891} had builded{H1129} them villages{H2691} round about{H5439} Jerusalem.{H3389}

Verse 30

And the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881} purified{H2891} themselves; and they purified{H2891} the people,{H5971} and the gates,{H8179} and the wall.{H2346}

Verse 31

Then I brought up{H5927} the princes{H8269} of Judah{H3063} upon the wall,{H2346} and appointed{H5975} two{H8147} great{H1419} companies that gave thanks{H8426} and went in procession; [whereof one went]{H8418} on the right hand{H3225} upon the wall{H2346} toward the dung{H830} gate:{H8179}

Verse 32

and after{H310} them went{H3212} Hoshaiah,{H1955} and half{H2677} of the princes{H8269} of Judah,{H3063}

Verse 33

and Azariah,{H5838} Ezra,{H5830} and Meshullam,{H4918}

Verse 34

Judah,{H3063} and Benjamin,{H1144} and Shemaiah,{H8098} and Jeremiah,{H3414}

Verse 35

and certain of the priests'{H3548} sons{H1121} with trumpets:{H2689} Zechariah{H2148} the son{H1121} of Jonathan,{H3129} the son{H1121} of Shemaiah,{H8098} the son{H1121} of Mattaniah,{H4983} the son{H1121} of Micaiah,{H4320} the son{H1121} of Zaccur,{H2139} the son{H1121} of Asaph;{H623}

Verse 36

and his brethren,{H251} Shemaiah,{H8098} and Azarel,{H5832} Milalai,{H4450} Gilalai,{H1562} Maai,{H4597} Nethanel,{H5417} and Judah,{H3063} Hanani,{H2607} with the musical{H7892} instruments{H3627} of David{H1732} the man{H376} of God;{H430} and Ezra{H5830} the scribe{H5608} was before{H6440} them.

Verse 37

And by the fountain{H5869} gate,{H8179} and straight before them, they went up{H5927} by the stairs{H4609} of the city{H5892} of David,{H1732} at the ascent{H4608} of the wall,{H2346} above the house{H1004} of David,{H1732} even unto the water{H4325} gate{H8179} eastward.{H4217}

Verse 38

And the other{H8145} company of them that gave thanks{H8426} went{H1980} to meet{H4136} them, and I after{H310} them, with the half{H2677} of the people,{H5971} upon the wall,{H2346} above the tower{H4026} of the furnaces,{H8574} even unto the broad{H7342} wall,{H2346}

Verse 39

and above the gate{H8179} of Ephraim,{H669} and by the old{H3465} gate,{H8179} and by the fish{H1709} gate,{H8179} and the tower{H4026} of Hananel,{H2606} and the tower{H4026} of Hammeah,{H3968} even unto the sheep{H6629} gate:{H8179} and they stood still{H5975} in the gate{H8179} of the guard.{H4307}

Verse 40

So stood{H5975} the two{H8147} companies of them that gave thanks{H8426} in the house{H1004} of God,{H430} and I, and the half{H2677} of the rulers{H5461} with me;

Verse 41

and the priests,{H3548} Eliakim,{H471} Maaseiah,{H4641} Miniamin,{H4509} Micaiah,{H4320} Elioenai,{H454} Zechariah,{H2148} and Hananiah,{H2608} with trumpets;{H2689}

Verse 42

and Maaseiah,{H4641} and Shemaiah,{H8098} and Eleazar,{H499} and Uzzi,{H5813} and Jehohanan,{H3076} and Malchijah,{H4441} and Elam,{H5867} and Ezer.{H5829} And the singers{H7891} sang loud,{H8085} with Jezrahiah{H3156} their overseer.{H6496}

Verse 43

And they offered{H2076} great{H1419} sacrifices{H2077} that day,{H3117} and rejoiced;{H8055} for God{H430} had made them rejoice{H8055} with great{H1419} joy;{H8057} and the women{H802} also and the children{H3206} rejoiced:{H8055} so that the joy{H8057} of Jerusalem{H3389} was heard{H8085} even afar off.{H7350}

Verse 44

And on that day{H3117} were men{H582} appointed{H6485} over the chambers{H5393} for the treasures,{H214} for the heave-offerings,{H8641} for the first-fruits,{H7225} and for the tithes,{H4643} to gather{H3664} into them, according to the fields{H7704} of the cities,{H5892} the portions{H4521} appointed by the law{H8451} for the priests{H3548} and Levites:{H3881} for Judah{H3063} rejoiced{H8057} for the priests{H3548} and for the Levites{H3881} that waited.{H5975}

Verse 45

And they kept{H8104} the charge{H4931} of their God,{H430} and the charge{H4931} of the purification,{H2893} and [so did] the singers{H7891} and the porters,{H7778} according to the commandment{H4687} of David,{H1732} and of Solomon{H8010} his son.{H1121}

Verse 46

For in the days{H3117} of David{H1732} and Asaph{H623} of old{H6924} there was a chief{H7218} of the singers,{H7891} and songs{H7892} of praise{H8416} and thanksgiving{H3034} unto God.{H430}

Verse 47

And all Israel{H3478} in the days{H3117} of Zerubbabel,{H2216} and in the days{H3117} of Nehemiah,{H5166} gave{H5414} the portions{H4521} of the singers{H7891} and the porters,{H7778} as every day{H3117} required:{H1697} and they set apart{H6942} [that which was] for the Levites;{H3881} and the Levites{H3881} set apart{H6942} [that which was] for the sons{H1121} of Aaron.{H175}

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