Nehemiah 12:1-26
The Priests and Levites Who Returned

1 Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

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2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

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3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

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4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,

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5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

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6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

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7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These [were] the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

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8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and] Mattaniah, [which was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

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9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over against them in the watches.

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10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

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11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

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12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

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13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

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14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

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15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

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16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

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17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

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18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

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19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

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20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

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21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

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22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, [were] recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.

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23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, [were] written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

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24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

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25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [were] porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

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26 These [were] in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

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