¶ Now these are the priests¹ and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel² the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

Amariah, Malluch⁵, Hattush,

Shechaniah⁷, Rehum, Meremoth,

Iddo, Ginnetho¹¹, Abijah,

Miamin¹⁴, Maadiah, Bilgah,

Shemaiah, and Joiarib¹⁷, Jedaiah,

Sallu¹⁹, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua²¹.

Moreover the Levites: Jeshua²², Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah²³, which was over the thanksgiving²⁴, he and his brethren.

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against²⁵ them in the watches.

¶ And Jeshua²⁶ begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib²⁷, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

And Joiada begat Jonathan²⁸, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief²⁹ of the fathers: of Seraiah³⁰, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

Of Melicu³¹, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

Of Harim³⁴, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

Of Iddo³⁷, Zechariah; of Ginnethon³⁸, Meshullam;

Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin⁴⁰, of Moadiah, Piltai;

Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah⁴³, Jehonathan;

And of Joiarib⁴⁴, Mattenai⁴⁵; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

¶ Of Sallai⁴⁶, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

The Levites in the days of Eliashib⁴⁸, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded⁴⁹ chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.

The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book⁵⁰ of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah⁵¹, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according⁵² to the commandment of David the man⁵³ of God, ward⁵⁴ over against ward.

Mattaniah⁵⁵, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping⁵⁶ the ward at the thresholds⁵⁷ of the gates.

These were in the days of Joiakim⁵⁸ the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah⁵⁹ the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

¶ And at the dedication⁶⁰ of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out⁶¹ of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness⁶², both with thanksgivings⁶³, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain⁶⁴ country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi⁶⁵;

Also from the house⁶⁶ of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba⁶⁷ and Azmaveth⁶⁸: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

¶ And the priests and the Levites purified themselves,⁶⁹ and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

Then I brought up the princes⁷⁰ of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great⁷¹ companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate⁷²:

And after them went Hoshaiah⁷³, and half of the princes of Judah,

And Azariah⁷⁴, Ezra, and Meshullam,

Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets⁷⁵; namely, Zechariah⁷⁶ the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:

And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments⁷⁷ of David the man of God, and Ezra⁷⁸ the scribe before them.

And at the fountain gate⁷⁹, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs⁸⁰ of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate⁸¹ eastward.

And the other⁸² 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 tower⁸³ of the furnaces even unto the broad⁸⁴ wall;

And from above the gate of Ephraim⁸⁵, and above the old⁸⁶ gate, and above the fish gate⁸⁷, and the tower⁸⁸ of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep⁸⁹ gate: and they stood still in the prison⁹⁰ gate.

¶⁹¹So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets⁹²;

And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud⁹³, with Jezrahiah their overseer⁹⁴.

Also that day they offered⁹⁵ great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God⁹⁶ had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also⁹⁷ and the children rejoiced: so that the joy⁹⁸ of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

¶ And at that time were some⁹⁹ appointed over the chambers¹⁰⁰ 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 law¹⁰¹ for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited¹⁰².

And both the singers¹⁰³ and the porters kept the ward¹⁰⁴ of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

For in the days of David and Asaph¹⁰⁵ of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel¹⁰⁶, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave¹⁰⁷ the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they¹⁰⁸ sanctified¹⁰⁹ holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.