strkjv@Nehemiah:12:1
@ Now these are the
priests
and the
Levites
that went
up
with
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel
Sh@, and
Jeshua
:
Seraiah
,
Jeremiah
,
Ezra
,
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:2
@
Amariah
,
Malluch
,
Hattush
,
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:3
@
Shechaniah
,
Rehum
,
Meremoth
,
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:4
@
Iddo
,
Ginnetho
,
Abijah
,
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:5
@
Miamin
,
Maadiah
,
Bilgah
,
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:6
@
Shemaiah
Sh@, and
Joiarib
,
Jedaiah
Y@,
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:7
@
Sallu
,
Amok
,
Hilkiah
,
Jedaiah
Y@. These were the
chief
of the
priests
and of their
brethren
in the
days
of
Jeshua
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:8
@ Moreover the
Levites
:
Jeshua
,
Binnui
,
Kadmiel
,
Sherebiah
,
Judah
, and
Mattaniah
, which was over the
thanksgiving
, he and his
brethren
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:9
@ Also
Bakbukiah
and
Unni
, their
brethren
, were over against them in the
watches
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:10
@ And
Jeshua
begat
Joiakim
,
Joiakim
also
begat
Eliashib
, and
Eliashib
begat
Joiada
,
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:11
@ And
Joiada
begat
Jonathan
, and
Jonathan
begat
Jaddua
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:12
@ And in the
days
of
Joiakim
were
priests
, the
chief
of the
fathers
: of
Seraiah
,
Meraiah
; of
Jeremiah
,
Hananiah
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:13
@ Of
Ezra
,
Meshullam
; of
Amariah
,
Jehohanan
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:14
@ Of
Melicu
,
Jonathan
; of
Shebaniah
,
Joseph
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:15
@ Of
Harim
,
Adna
; of
Meraioth
,
Helkai
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:16
@ Of
Iddo
,
Zechariah
; of
Ginnethon
,
Meshullam
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:17
@ Of
Abijah
,
Zichri
; of
Miniamin
, of
Moadiah
,
Piltai
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:18
@ Of
Bilgah
,
Shammua
; of
Shemaiah
Sh@,
Jehonathan
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:19
@ And of
Joiarib
,
Mattenai
; of
Jedaiah
Y@,
Uzzi
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:20
@ Of
Sallai
,
Kallai
; of
Amok
,
Eber
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:21
@ Of
Hilkiah
,
Hashabiah
; of
Jedaiah
Y@,
Nethaneel
N@.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:22
@ 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
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:23
@ 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
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:24
@ 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
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:25
@
Mattaniah
, and
Bakbukiah
,
Obadiah
,
Meshullam
,
Talmon
,
Akkub
, were
porters
keeping
the
ward
at the
thresholds
of the
gates
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:26
@ 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
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:27
@ And at the
dedication
of the
wall
of
Jerusalem
they
sought
the
Levites
out of all their
places
, to
bring
them to
Jerusalem
, to
keep
the
dedication
with
gladness
, both with
thanksgivings
, and with
singing
, with
cymbals
,
psalteries
, and with
harps
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:28
@ And the
sons
of the
singers
gathered themselves
together
, both out of the plain
country
round
about
Jerusalem
, and from the
villages
of
Netophathi
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:29
@ Also from the
house
of
Gilgal
G
Beyth hag-, and out of the
fields
of
Geba
and
Azmaveth
: for the
singers
had
builded
them
villages
round
about
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:30
@ And the
priests
and the
Levites
purified
themselves, and
purified
the
people
, and the
gates
, and the
wall
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:31
@ Then I brought
up
the
princes
of
Judah
upon the
wall
, and
appointed
two
great
companies of them that gave
thanks
, whereof one
went
on the right
hand
upon the
wall
toward the
dung
gate
:
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:32
@ And
after
them
went
Hoshaiah
, and
half
of the
princes
of
Judah
,
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:33
@ And
Azariah
,
Ezra
, and
Meshullam
,
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:34
@
Judah
, and
Benjamin
, and
Shemaiah
Sh@, and
Jeremiah
,
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:35
@ And certain of the
priests
sons
with
trumpets
; namely,
Zechariah
the
son
of
Jonathan
, the
son
of
Shemaiah
Sh@, the
son
of
Mattaniah
, the
son
of
Michaiah
, the
son
of
Zaccur
, the
son
of
Asaph
:
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:36
@ And his
brethren
,
Shemaiah
Sh@, and
Azarael
,
Milalai
,
Gilalai
,
Maai
,
Nethaneel
N@, and
Judah
,
Hanani
, with the
musical
instruments
of
David
the
man
of
God
, and
Ezra
the
scribe
before
them.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:37
@ And at the
fountain
gate
, which was over against them, they went
up
by the
stairs
of the
city
of
David
, at the going
up
of the
wall
, above the
house
of
David
, even unto the
water
gate
eastward
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:38
@ And the
other
company of them that gave
thanks
went
over
against
them, and I
after
them, and the
half
of the
people
upon the
wall
, from beyond the
tower
of the
furnaces
even unto the
broad
wall
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:39
@ And from above the
gate
of
Ephraim
, and above the
old
gate
, and above the
fish
gate
, and the
tower
of
Hananeel
, and the
tower
of
Meah
, even unto the
sheep
gate
: and they stood
still
in the
prison
gate
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:40
@ So
stood
the
two
companies of them that gave
thanks
in the
house
of
God
, and I, and the
half
of the
rulers
with me:
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:41
@ And the
priests
;
Eliakim
,
Maaseiah
,
Miniamin
,
Michaiah
,
Elioenai
Ely@,
Zechariah
, and
Hananiah
, with
trumpets
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:42
@ And
Maaseiah
, and
Shemaiah
Sh@, and
Eleazar
, and
Uzzi
, and
Jehohanan
, and
Malchijah
, and
Elam
, and
Ezer
. And the
singers
sang
loud
, with
Jezrahiah
their
overseer
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:43
@ Also that
day
they
offered
great
sacrifices
, and
rejoiced
: for
God
had made them
rejoice
with
great
joy
: the
wives
also and the
children
rejoiced
: so that the
joy
of
Jerusalem
was
heard
even afar
off
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:44
@ And at that
time
were
some
appointed
over the
chambers
for the
treasures
, for the
offerings
, for the
firstfruits
, and for the
tithes
, to
gather
into them out of the
fields
of the
cities
the
portions
of the
law
for the
priests
and
Levites
: for
Judah
rejoiced
for the
priests
and for the
Levites
that
waited
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:45
@ And both the
singers
and the
porters
kept
the
ward
of their
God
, and the
ward
of the
purification
, according to the
commandment
of
David
, and of
Solomon
his
son
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:46
@ For in the
days
of
David
and
Asaph
of
old
there were
chief
of the
singers
, and
songs
of
praise
and
thanksgiving
unto
God
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:12:47
@ And all
Israel
in the
days
of
Zerubbabel
, and in the
days
of
Nehemiah
,
gave
the
portions
of the
singers
and the
porters
, every
day
his
portion
: and they
sanctified
holy things unto the
Levites
; and the
Levites
sanctified
them unto the
children
of
Aaron
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:1
@ On that
day
they
read
in the
book
of
Moses
in the
audience
of the
people
; and therein was
found
written
, that the
Ammonite
and the
Moabite
should not
come
into the
congregation
of
God
for
ever
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:2
@ Because they
met
not the
children
of
Israel
with
bread
and with
water
, but
hired
Balaam
against them, that he should
curse
them: howbeit our
God
turned
the
curse
into a
blessing
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:3
@ Now it came to pass, when they had
heard
the
law
, that they
separated
from
Israel
all the mixed
multitude
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:4
@ And
before
this,
Eliashib
the
priest
, having the
oversight
of the
chamber
of the
house
of our
God
, was
allied
unto
Tobiah
:
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:5
@ And he had
prepared
for him a
great
chamber
, where
aforetime
they
laid
the meat
offerings
, the
frankincense
, and the
vessels
, and the
tithes
of the
corn
, the new
wine
, and the
oil
, which was
commanded
to be given to the
Levites
, and the
singers
, and the
porters
; and the
offerings
of the
priests
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:6
@ But in all this time was not I at
Jerusalem
: for in the
two
and
thirtieth
year
of
Artaxerxes
king
of
Babylon
came
I unto the
king
, and
after
certain
days
obtained I
leave
of the
king
:
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:7
@ And I
came
to
Jerusalem
, and
understood
of the
evil
that
Eliashib
did
for
Tobiah
, in
preparing
him a
chamber
in the
courts
of the
house
of
God
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:8
@ And it
grieved
me
sore
m@: therefore I cast
forth
all the
household
stuff
of
Tobiah
out
of
the
chamber
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:9
@ Then I
commanded
, and they
cleansed
the
chambers
: and thither brought I
again
the
vessels
of the
house
of
God
, with the meat
offering
and the
frankincense
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:10
@ And I
perceived
that the
portions
of the
Levites
had not been
given
them: for the
Levites
and the
singers
, that
did
the
work
m@, were
fled
every
one
to his
field
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:11
@ Then
contended
I with the
rulers
, and
said
, Why is the
house
of
God
forsaken
? And I gathered them
together
, and
set
them in their
place
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:12
@ Then
brought
all
Judah
the
tithe
of the
corn
and the new
wine
and the
oil
unto the
treasuries
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:13
@ And I made
treasurers
over the
treasuries
,
Shelemiah
the
priest
, and
Zadok
the
scribe
, and of the
Levites
,
Pedaiah
: and next to
them
was
Hanan
the
son
of
Zaccur
, the
son
of
Mattaniah
: for they were
counted
faithful
, and their office was to
distribute
unto their
brethren
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:14
@
Remember
me, O my
God
, concerning this, and wipe not
out
my
good
deeds that I have
done
for the
house
of my
God
, and for the
offices
thereof.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:15
@ In those
days
saw
I in
Judah
some
treading
wine
presses
on the
sabbath
, and bringing
in
sheaves
, and
lading
asses
; as also
wine
,
grapes
, and
figs
t@, and all manner of
burdens
, which they
brought
into
Jerusalem
on the
sabbath
day
: and I
testified
against them in the
day
wherein they
sold
victuals
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:16
@ There
dwelt
men of
Tyre
also therein, which
brought
fish
, and all manner of
ware
, and
sold
on the
sabbath
unto the
children
of
Judah
, and in
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:17
@ Then I
contended
with the
nobles
of
Judah
, and
said
unto them, What
evil
thing
is this that ye
do
, and
profane
the
sabbath
day
?
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:18
@
Did
not your
fathers
thus, and
did
not our
God
bring
all this
evil
upon us, and upon this
city
? yet ye
bring
more
wrath
upon
Israel
by
profaning
the
sabbath
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:19
@ And it came to pass, that when the
gates
of
Jerusalem
began to be
dark
before
the
sabbath
, I
commanded
that the
gates
should be
shut
, and
charged
that they should not be
opened
till
after
the
sabbath
: and some of my
servants
set
I at the
gates
, that there should no
burden
be brought
in
on the
sabbath
day
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:20
@ So the
merchants
and
sellers
of all kind of
ware
lodged
without
Jerusalem
once
or
twice
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:21
@ Then I
testified
against them, and
said
unto them, Why
lodge
ye
about
the
wall
? if ye do so
again
, I will
lay
hands
on you. From that
time
forth
came
they no more on the
sabbath
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:22
@ And I
commanded
the
Levites
that they should
cleanse
themselves, and that they should
come
and
keep
the
gates
, to
sanctify
the
sabbath
day
.
Remember
me, O my
God
, concerning this also, and
spare
me according to the
greatness
of thy
mercy
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:23
@ In those
days
also
saw
I
Jews
that had
married
wives
of
Ashdod
, of
Ammon
, and of
Moab
:
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:24
@ And their
children
spake
half
in the speech of
Ashdod
, and
could
not
speak
in the Jews
language
, but according to the
language
of
each
people
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:25
@ And I
contended
with them, and
cursed
them, and
smote
certain
of them, and plucked off their
hair
, and made them
swear
by
God
, saying, Ye shall not
give
your
daughters
unto their
sons
, nor
take
their
daughters
unto your
sons
, or for yourselves.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:26
@ Did not
Solomon
king
of
Israel
sin
by these things? yet among
many
nations
was there no
king
like him, who was
beloved
of his
God
, and
God
made
him
king
over all
Israel
: nevertheless even
him
did
outlandish
women
cause to
sin
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:27
@ Shall we then
hearken
unto you to
do
all this
great
evil
, to
transgress
against our
God
in
marrying
strange
wives
?
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:28
@ And one of the
sons
of
Joiada
, the
son
of
Eliashib
the
high
priest
, was son in
law
to
Sanballat
the
Horonite
: therefore I
chased
him from me.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:29
@
Remember
them, O my
God
, because they have
defiled
the
priesthood
, and the
covenant
of the
priesthood
, and of the
Levites
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:30
@ Thus
cleansed
I them from all
strangers
, and
appointed
the
wards
of the
priests
and the
Levites
, every
one
in his
business
m@;
strkjv@Nehemiah:13:31
@ And for the
wood
offering
, at
times
appointed
, and for the
firstfruits
.
Remember
me, O my
God
, for
good
.
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