1 These arebEzra 2:1, 2 the priests and the Levites who came up withcver. 47; See 1 Chr. 3:19 Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, anddSee Ezra 3:2 Jeshua:eFor ver. 1-7, see ver. 12-21; ch. 10:2-8 Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
8 And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with his brothers wasfver. 24; ch. 11:17; [2 Chr. 5:13] in charge of the songs of thanksgiving. 9 And Bakbukiah and Unni and their brothers stood opposite themg[ver. 24] in the service. 10 And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada, 11 Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua.
12 hver. 26 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers' houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 14 of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; 15 of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 16 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 17 of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; 18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; 19 of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 20 of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22 In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the Levites were recorded as heads of fathers' houses; so too were the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian. 23 As for the sons of Levi, their heads of fathers' housesiSee 1 Chr. 9:14-16 were written in the Book of the Chronicles until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. 24 And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, andjch. 10:9; Ezra 2:40 Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them,kver. 24; ch. 11:17; [2 Chr. 5:13] to praise and to give thanks,lSee 1 Chr. 25 according to the commandment of Davidmver. 36 the man of God,n[ver. 9; Ezra 3:11] watch by watch. 25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard ato[1 Chr. 26:15] the storehouses of the gates. 26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and in the days ofpch. 8:9 Nehemiah the governor and ofpch. 8:9 Ezra, the priest and scribe.
27 And atqSee Num. 7:10 the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing,rSee 1 Chr. 15:16 with cymbals, harps, and lyres. 28 And the sons of the singers gathered together from the district surrounding Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites; 29 also from Beth-gilgal and from the region of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built for themselves villages around Jerusalem. 30 And the priests and the Levitessch. 13:22, 30 purified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.
31 Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great choirs that gave thanks.t[ver. 38] One went to the south on the wall touch. 2:13; 3:13 the Dung Gate. 32 And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah, 33 and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, 34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 35 and certain of the priests' sonsvSee 1 Chr. 15:24 with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph; 36 and his relatives, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani,w1 Chr. 23:5 with the musical instruments of Davidxver. 24 the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them. 37 Atych. 2:14; 3:15 the Fountain Gate they went up straight before them byzch. 3:15 the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, toach. 3:26; 8:1, 3, 16 the Water Gate on the east.
38 b[ver. 31] The other choir of those who gave thanks went to the north, and I followed them with half of the people, on the wall, abovecch. 3:11 the Tower of the Ovens, todch. 3:8 the Broad Wall, 39 and aboveeSee ch. 8:16 the Gate of Ephraim, and byfch. 3:6 the Gate of Yeshanah,1Or of the old city and bygSee ch. 3:3 the Fish Gate andhch. 3:1 the Tower of Hananel andhch. 3:1 the Tower of the Hundred, toiSee ch. 3:1 the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt atjSee ch. 3:25 the Gate of the Guard. 40 So both choirs of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me; 41 and the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah,kSee 1 Chr. 15:24 with trumpets; 42 and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang with Jezrahiah as their leader. 43 And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.
44 lch. 13:5, 12, 13; [2 Chr. 31:11, 12] On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the Law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered. 45 And they performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers,mSee 1 Chr. 25; 26 according to the command of David and his son Solomon. 46 For long ago in the days of David andn1 Chr. 25:1; 2 Chr. 29:30 Asaph there were directors of the singers, and there were songs1Or leaders of praise and thanksgiving to God. 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave theoch. 11:23; 2 Chr. 31:16 daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers;pNum. 18:21, 24 and they set apart that which was for the Levites;qSee Num. 18:26-28 and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.