Nehemiah 12:1–26

¹Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua:

Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

²Amariah, Malluch,^a Hattush,

³Shecaniah, Rehum,^b Meremoth,

⁴Iddo, Ginnethon,^c Abijah,

⁵Mijamin,^d Maadiah,^e Bilgah,^f

⁶Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,

⁷Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah.

These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.

⁸The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving. ⁹Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.

¹⁰Jeshua was the father of Joiakim,

Joiakim was the father of Eliashib,

Eliashib was the father of Joiada,

¹¹Joiada was the father of Jonathan,^g

and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.

¹²In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families:

of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah;

of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

¹³of Ezra, Meshullam;

of Amariah, Jehohanan;

¹⁴of Malluchi,^h Jonathan;

of Shebaniah,ⁱ Joseph;

¹⁵of Harim, Adna;

of Meraioth,^j Helkai;

¹⁶of Iddo, Zechariah;

of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

¹⁷of Abijah, Zichri;

of Miniamin and of Moadiah,^k Piltai;

¹⁸of Bilgah, Shammua;

of Shemaiah, Jonathan;

¹⁹of Joiarib, Mattenai;

of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

²⁰of Sallai,^l Kallai;

of Amok, Eber;

²¹of Hilkiah, Hashabiah;

and of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

²²In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan,^m and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.

²³As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.^{n 24}The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel,^o along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.

²⁵Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates. ²⁶They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak,^p and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.