Nehemiah:12:12-41
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And in the days of Joiakim were priests ,
the chief of the fathers :
of Seraiah ,
Meraiah ;
of Jeremiah ,
Hananiah ;
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Of Ezra ,
Meshullam ;
of Amariah ,
Jehohanan ;
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Of Melicu ,
Jonathan ;
of Shebaniah ,
Joseph ;
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Of Harim ,
Adna ;
of Meraioth ,
Helkai ;
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Of Iddo ,
Zechariah ;
of Ginnethon ,
Meshullam ;
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Of Abijah ,
Zichri ;
of Miniamin ,
of Moadiah ,
Piltai ;
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Of Bilgah ,
Shammua ;
of Shemaiah ,
Jehonathan ;
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And of Joiarib ,
Mattenai ;
of Jedaiah ,
Uzzi ;
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Of Sallai ,
Kallai ;
of Amok ,
Eber ;
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Of Hilkiah ,
Hashabiah ;
of Jedaiah ,
Nethaneel .
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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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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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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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Mattaniah ,
and Bakbukiah ,
Obadiah ,
Meshullam ,
Talmon ,
Akkub ,
were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates .
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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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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 .
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And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together ,
both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem ,
and from the villages of Netophathi ;
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Also from the house of Gilgal ,
and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth :
for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem .
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And the priests and the Levites purified themselves ,
and purified the people ,
and the gates ,
and the wall .
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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 :
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And after them went Hoshaiah ,
and half of the princes of Judah ,
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And Azariah ,
Ezra ,
and Meshullam ,
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Judah ,
and Benjamin ,
and Shemaiah ,
and Jeremiah ,
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And certain of the priests '
sons with trumpets ;
namely ,
Zechariah the son of Jonathan ,
the son of Shemaiah ,
the son of Mattaniah ,
the son of Michaiah ,
the son of Zaccur ,
the son of Asaph :
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And his brethren ,
Shemaiah ,
and Azarael ,
Milalai ,
Gilalai ,
Maai ,
Nethaneel ,
and Judah ,
Hanani ,
with the musical instruments of David the man of God ,
and Ezra the scribe before them .
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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 .
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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 ;
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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 .
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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 :
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And the priests ;
Eliakim ,
Maaseiah ,
Miniamin ,
Michaiah ,
Elioenai ,
Zechariah ,
and Hananiah ,
with trumpets ;