Nehemiah 12 (NET)

Nehemiah 12:1¹These are the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 2:1-2Neh 10:2-8Neh 12:12-211 Chr 3:17-19Ezra 3:8Ezra 4:2Ezra 5:2Hag 1:1Hag 1:12Hag 1:14

Nehemiah 12:2²Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:3³Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:4⁴Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 1:5

Nehemiah 12:5⁵Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:6⁶Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 9:10Neh 11:10

Nehemiah 12:7⁷Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their colleagues in the days of Jeshua.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 24:18Ezra 3:2Hag 1:1Neh 12:1Zech 3:1

Nehemiah 12:8⁸And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who together with his colleagues was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 11:17Neh 12:241 Chr 9:33Neh 10:9-13Neh 11:22Neh 7:48Neh 9:4

Nehemiah 12:9⁹Bakbukiah and Unni, their colleagues, stood opposite them in the services.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 12:24Ps 134:1-3

Nehemiah 12:10¹⁰Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 6:3-15Neh 12:26Neh 13:28Neh 13:4Neh 13:7Neh 3:1

Nehemiah 12:11¹¹Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:12¹²In the days of Joiakim, these were the priests who were leaders of the families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 15:121 Chr 24:6-311 Chr 9:33-34Neh 12:22

Nehemiah 12:13¹³of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:14¹⁴of Malluch, Jonathan; of Shecaniah, Joseph;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:15¹⁵of Harim, Adna; of Meremoth, Helkai;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:16¹⁶of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:17¹⁷of Abijah, Zicri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:18¹⁸of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:19¹⁹of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:20²⁰of Sallu, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:21²¹of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:22²²As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 12:10-13

Nehemiah 12:23²³The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 9:14-44

Nehemiah 12:24²⁴And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by David the man of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 25:1-261 Chr 23:1-321 Kgs 17:242 Chr 8:14Deut 33:1Ezra 2:40Ezra 3:10-11Josh 14:6Neh 10:9-13Neh 11:17

Nehemiah 12:25²⁵Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who were guarding the storerooms at the gates.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 23:321 Chr 26:121 Chr 26:151 Chr 9:14-17Isa 21:8Neh 11:17-19Neh 12:8-9

Nehemiah 12:26²⁶These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 8:9Ezra 7:11Ezra 7:6

Nehemiah 12:27²⁷At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 15:161 Chr 15:282 Chr 29:302 Chr 5:13Deut 20:51 Chr 15:121 Chr 15:41 Chr 13:81 Chr 16:421 Chr 16:5

Nehemiah 12:28²⁸The singers were also assembled from the district around Jerusalem and from the settlements of the NetophathitesCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 9:161 Chr 2:54Neh 6:2

Nehemiah 12:29²⁹and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 6:60Deut 11:30Ezra 2:24Josh 10:43Josh 21:17Josh 5:9Neh 11:31

Nehemiah 12:30³⁰When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 29:5Exod 19:10Ezra 6:21Job 1:52 Chr 29:34Exod 19:15Gen 35:2Heb 5:1Heb 5:3Neh 13:22

Nehemiah 12:31³¹I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 2:13Neh 12:381 Chr 13:11 Chr 28:12 Chr 5:2Neh 12:40Neh 3:13-14

Nehemiah 12:32³²Going after them were Hoshaiah, half the leaders of Judah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:33³³Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 10:2-7

Nehemiah 12:34³⁴Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:35³⁵some of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 6:4Num 10:2-101 Chr 25:21 Chr 26:10-111 Chr 6:39-432 Chr 13:122 Chr 5:12Neh 11:17

Nehemiah 12:36³⁶and his colleagues—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with musical instruments of David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 12:241 Chr 23:52 Chr 8:14Amos 6:5Ezra 7:1Ezra 8:1

Nehemiah 12:37³⁷They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 2:14Neh 3:26Neh 8:1Neh 8:16Neh 8:32 Sam 5:7-9Neh 3:15-16

Nehemiah 12:38³⁸The second choir was proceeding in the opposite direction. I followed them, along with half the people, on top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 3:8Neh 3:11Neh 12:31

Nehemiah 12:39³⁹over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 3:1Neh 3:3Neh 3:6Neh 8:16Neh 3:252 Kgs 14:13Jer 31:38Jer 32:2John 5:2Neh 3:31-32

Nehemiah 12:40⁴⁰Then the two choirs that gave thanks took their stations in the temple of God. I did also, along with half the officials with me,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 42:4Neh 12:31-32Ps 134:1-3Ps 47:6-9

Nehemiah 12:41⁴¹and the priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with their trumpets—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 12:42⁴²and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. The choirs sang loudly under the direction of Jezrahiah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 81:1Isa 12:5-6Neh 11:14Ps 100:1-2Ps 95:1Ps 98:4-9

Nehemiah 12:43⁴³And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 3:13Ps 92:4Jer 31:13Ps 148:11-131 Chr 29:21-221 Sam 4:52 Chr 20:132 Chr 20:272 Chr 29:35-362 Chr 7:10

Nehemiah 12:44⁴⁴On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, firstfruits, and tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 10:37-39Neh 13:12-132 Chr 31:11-131 Chr 23:281 Chr 26:21-261 Chr 9:262 Chr 13:11-122 Chr 5:11-12Isa 40:31Neh 13:4-5

Nehemiah 12:45⁴⁵They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 25:1-261 Chr 23:282 Chr 23:6

Nehemiah 12:46⁴⁶For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 29:301 Chr 25:1-31Ps 73:1Ps 83:1

Nehemiah 12:47⁴⁷So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and gatekeepers, according to the daily need. They also set aside the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 31:5-6Gal 6:6Mal 3:8-10Neh 10:35-39Neh 11:23Neh 12:1Neh 12:12Neh 12:26Neh 13:10-12Num 18:21-29