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Nehemiah 12 Literal Standard Version

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1 And these [are] the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
1 Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these [are] heads of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
8 And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, he [is] over the thanksgiving, and his brothers,
8 Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving songs, he and his brothers.
9 and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, [are] opposite them in charges.
9 Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according to their offices.
10 And Jeshua has begotten Joiakim, and Joiakim has begotten Eliashib, and Eliashib has begotten Joiada,
10 Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
11 and Joiada has begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan has begotten Jaddua.
11 and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
12 And in the days of Joiakim have been priests, heads of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
12 In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
14 of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
15 of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
15 of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
16 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
16 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin; of Moadiah, Piltai;
17 of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;
18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19 and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
19 of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
20 of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22 The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, are written, heads of fathers, and of the priests, in the kingdom of Darius the Persian.
22 As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
23 Sons of Levi, heads of the fathers, are written on the scroll of the Chronicles even until the days of Johanan son of Eliashib;
23 The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24 and heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers, [are] opposite them, to give praise, to give thanks, by command of David the man of God, charge close by charge.
24 The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, section next to section.
25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [are] gatekeepers, keeping watch in the gatherings of the gates.
25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
26 These [are] in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
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 and scribe.
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 make the dedication even with gladness, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and with harps;
27 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 giving thanks and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.
28 and sons of the singers are gathered together even from the circuit around Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,
28 The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
29 and from the house of Gilgal, and from fields of Geba and Azmaveth, the singers have built for villages for themselves around Jerusalem;
29 also from Beth Gilgal and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
30 and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.
30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
31 And I bring up the heads of Judah on the wall, and appoint two great thanksgiving companies and processions. At the right, on the wall, to the Refuse Gate;
31 Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;
32 and after them goes Hoshaiah, and half of the heads of Judah,
32 and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah,
33 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
33 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;
34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
35 and of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,
35 and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;
36 and his brothers Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with instruments of song of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe [is] before them;
36 and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
37 and by the Fountain Gate and in front of them, they have gone up by the steps of the City of David, at the going up of the wall beyond the house of David, and to the Water Gate eastward.
37 By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the water gate eastward.
38 And the second thanksgiving company that is going opposite, and I after it, and half of the people on the wall from beyond the Tower of the Furnaces and to the broad wall,
38 The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people on the wall above the tower of the furnaces, even to the wide wall,
39 and from beyond the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, and by the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananeel, and the Tower of Meah, and to the Sheep Gate—and they have stood at the Prison Gate.
39 and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate; and they stood still in the gate of the guard.
40 And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,
40 So the two companies of those who gave thanks in God’s house stood, and I and the half of the rulers with me;
41 and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets,
41 and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
42 and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;
42 and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
43 and they sacrifice on that day great sacrifices and rejoice, for God has made them rejoice [with] great joy, and also, the women and the children have rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem is heard—to a distance.
43 They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away.
44 And certain are appointed on that day over the chambers for treasures, for raised-offerings, for first-fruits, and for tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for priests, and for Levites, for the joy of Judah [is] over the priests, and over the Levites, who are standing up.
44 On that day, men were appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them according to the fields of the cities the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who served.
45 And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing—according to the command of David [and] his son Solomon,
45 They performed the duty of their God and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son.
46 for in the days of David and Asaph of old [were] heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.
46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, are giving the portions of the singers, and of the gatekeepers, the matter of a day in its day, and are sanctifying to the Levites, and the Levites are sanctifying to the sons of Aaron.
47 All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, as every day required; and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.

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  • Abijah

    Priest

    Priest named Abijah among the priests who sealed the covenant and who went up with Zerubbabel. Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 10:7; Nehemiah 12:4

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  • Adna

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Harim in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:15

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  • Akkub

    Gatekeeper

    Gatekeeper who, with Talmon and their associates (172 men), kept watch at the gates; also a gatekeeper guarding the storerooms.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:19; Nehemiah 12:25

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  • Amariah

    Priest

    Priest named Amariah among the priests who sealed the covenant and who went up with Zerubbabel. Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 10:3; Nehemiah 12:2

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  • Amok

    Priest

    Priest named Amok among the priests who went up with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:7). Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not stated.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:7

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  • Azariah

    In the wall dedication procession

    Named among those following the first choir at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:33

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  • Bakbukiah

    Levite

    Levite named Bakbukiah in the Levites, second among his associates in thanksgiving, and later among those who guarded the storerooms at the gates. The lists do not say whether…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:17; Nehemiah 12:9; Nehemiah 12:25

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  • Benjamin

    In the wall dedication procession

    Named among those following the first choir at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:34

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  • Bilgai

    Priest

    Priest named Bilgai among the priests who sealed the covenant (Bilgah in Nehemiah 12:5). Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not stated.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 10:8; Nehemiah 12:5

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  • Darius

    King of Persia (Nehemiah 12:22)

    Called 'Darius the Persian', in whose reign the heads of the Levite and priestly families were recorded, in the days of the high priests Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua; the…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:22

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  • Eber

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Amok in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:20

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  • Elam

    Singer at the dedication

    One of those named with the choirs in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:42

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  • Eleazar

    Singer at the dedication

    One of those named with the choirs in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:42

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  • Eliakim

    Priest with a trumpet

    One of the priests with trumpets who stood in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:41

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  • Eliashib

    High priest who began the wall

    High priest who, with his fellow priests, rebuilt the Sheep Gate; son of Joiakim in the high-priestly line. Neh 13:4 names an Eliashib the priest, Tobiah’s relative, in charge of…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 3:20; Nehemiah 12:10

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  • Elioenai

    Priest with a trumpet

    One of the priests with trumpets who stood in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:41

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  • Ezer

    Singer at the dedication

    One of those named with the choirs in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:42

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  • Ezra

    Priest

    Priest named Ezra among the priests who went up with Zerubbabel; not stated to be the scribe Ezra, who came later. Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:1

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  • Gilalai

    Instrument player at the dedication

    One of the associates of Zechariah who played the instruments prescribed by David at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:36

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  • Ginnethon

    Priest

    Priest named Ginnethon among the priests who sealed the covenant and who went up with Zerubbabel. Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 10:6; Nehemiah 12:4

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  • Hanani

    Instrument player at the dedication

    One of the associates of Zechariah who played the instruments prescribed by David at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:36

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  • Hananiah

    Priest with a trumpet

    One of the priests with trumpets who stood in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:41

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  • Hananiah

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Jeremiah in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:12

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  • Hashabiah

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Hilkiah in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:21

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  • Hattush

    Priest

    Priest named Hattush among the priests who sealed the covenant and who went up with Zerubbabel. Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 10:4; Nehemiah 12:2

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  • Helkai

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Meraioth in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:15

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  • Hilkiah

    Priest

    Priest named Hilkiah among the priests who went up with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:7). Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not stated.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:7

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  • Hoshaiah

    Led half of Judah’s leaders on the wall

    Followed the first thanksgiving choir with half of the leaders of Judah.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:32

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  • Iddo

    Priest

    Priest named Iddo among the priests who went up with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:4). Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not stated.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:4

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  • Jaddua

    High priest

    Son of Jonathan, the last name in the line of high priests from Jeshua in Nehemiah 12.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:11; Nehemiah 12:22

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  • Jedaiah

    Priest

    Priest named Jedaiah among the priests who went up with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:6, the first of two Jedaiahs). Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:6

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  • Jedaiah

    Priest

    Priest named Jedaiah among the priests who went up with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:7, the second Jedaiah). Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:7

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  • Jehohanan

    Singer at the dedication

    One of those named with the choirs in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:42

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  • Jehohanan

    Priest in whose chamber Ezra mourned

    Son of Eliashib; Ezra withdrew to his chamber at the temple to fast and mourn. Nehemiah 12:23 names a Johanan son of Eliashib in the Levitical records.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 10:6; Nehemiah 12:23

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  • Jehohanan

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Amariah in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:13

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  • Jeremiah

    Priest

    Priest named Jeremiah among the priests who sealed the covenant and who went up with Zerubbabel. Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 10:2; Nehemiah 12:1

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  • Jeremiah

    In the wall dedication procession

    Named among those following the first choir at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:34

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  • Jeshua

    Levite leader of praise

    Son of Kadmiel and a leader of the Levites who stood opposite one another in praise and thanksgiving as David prescribed.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:24

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  • Jezrahiah

    Director of the choirs

    Directed the choirs when they sang out at the dedication of the wall.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:42

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  • Joiada

    High priest

    Son of Eliashib and father of Jonathan; Neh 13:28 (Jehoiada) says one of his sons became Sanballat’s son-in-law and Nehemiah drove him away.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:10; Nehemiah 12:22; Nehemiah 13:28

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  • Joiakim

    High priest

    Son of Jeshua and father of Eliashib; priestly family heads and gatekeepers are dated to his days.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:10; Nehemiah 12:12; Nehemiah 12:26

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  • Joiarib

    Priest

    Priest named Joiarib among the priests who went up with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:6). Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not stated.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:6

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  • Jonathan

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Malluchi in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:14

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  • Jonathan

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Shemaiah in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:18

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  • Jonathan

    High priest

    Son of Joiada and father of Jaddua; Nehemiah 12:22 names a Johanan in the same succession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:11; Nehemiah 12:22

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  • Jonathan

    Ancestor of Zechariah

    Named as the father of Zechariah in the genealogy of Zechariah (Nehemiah 12:35); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:35

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  • Joseph

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Shebaniah in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:14

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  • Judah

    Levite supervisor of the temple work

    Levite (called Yehudah in Ezra 3:9, a family with Kadmiel) who supervised the workers; a Levite Judah also appears in Neh 12:8.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 3:9; Nehemiah 12:8

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  • Judah

    In the wall dedication procession

    Named among those following the first choir at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:34

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  • Judah

    Instrument player at the dedication

    One of the associates of Zechariah who played the instruments prescribed by David at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:36

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  • Kallai

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Sallai in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:20

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  • Maai

    Instrument player at the dedication

    One of the associates of Zechariah who played the instruments prescribed by David at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:36

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  • Maaseiah

    Priest with a trumpet

    One of the priests with trumpets who stood in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:41

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  • Maaseiah

    Singer at the dedication

    One of those named with the choirs in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:42

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  • Maaziah

    Priest

    Priest named Maaziah among the priests who sealed the covenant (Maadiah in Nehemiah 12:5). Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not stated.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 10:8; Nehemiah 12:5

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  • Malchijah

    Singer at the dedication

    One of those named with the choirs in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:42

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  • Malluch

    Priest

    Priest named Malluch among the priests who sealed the covenant and who went up with Zerubbabel. Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 10:4; Nehemiah 12:2

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  • Mattaniah

    Gatekeeper

    Named first among the gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:25

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  • Mattaniah

    Ancestor of Zechariah

    Named as the father of Shemaiah in the genealogy of Zechariah (Nehemiah 12:35); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:35

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  • Mattenai

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Joiarib in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:19

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  • Meraiah

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Seraiah in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:12

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  • Meremoth

    Priest

    Priest named Meremoth among the priests who sealed the covenant and who went up with Zerubbabel. Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 10:5; Nehemiah 12:3

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  • Meshullam

    Gatekeeper

    Gatekeeper who guarded the storerooms at the gates in the days of Joiakim.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:25

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  • Meshullam

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Ezra in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:13

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  • Meshullam

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Ginnethon in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:16

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  • Meshullam

    In the wall dedication procession

    Named among those following the first choir at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:33

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  • Milalai

    Instrument player at the dedication

    One of the associates of Zechariah who played the instruments prescribed by David at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:36

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  • Miniamin

    Priest with a trumpet

    One of the priests with trumpets who stood in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:41

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  • Obadiah

    Gatekeeper

    Gatekeeper who guarded the storerooms at the gates in the days of Joiakim.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:25

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  • Piltai

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Miniamin and Moadiah in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:17

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  • Rehum

    Priest

    Priest named Rehum among the priests who went up with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3). Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not stated.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:3

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  • Sallu

    Priest

    Priest named Sallu among the priests who went up with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:7). Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not stated.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:7

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  • Seraiah

    Priest

    Priest named Seraiah among the priests who sealed the covenant and who went up with Zerubbabel. Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 10:2; Nehemiah 12:1

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  • Shammua

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Bilgah in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:18

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  • Shemaiah

    Singer at the dedication

    One of those named with the choirs in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:42

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  • Shemaiah

    Ancestor of Zechariah

    Named as the father of Jonathan in the genealogy of Zechariah (Nehemiah 12:35); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:35

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  • Shemaiah

    Priest

    Priest named Shemaiah among the priests who sealed the covenant and who went up with Zerubbabel. Whether these are individuals or the heads of priestly houses of that name is not…

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 10:8; Nehemiah 12:6

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  • Shemaiah

    In the wall dedication procession

    Named among those following the first choir at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:34

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  • Shemaiah

    Instrument player at the dedication

    One of the associates of Zechariah who played the instruments prescribed by David at the wall dedication.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:36

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  • Talmon

    Levite gatekeeper

    Talmon is named among the gatekeepers, with Shallum as their chief (1 Chronicles 9:17).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:17; Nehemiah 11:19; Nehemiah 12:25

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  • Unni

    Levite

    Levite named Unni in the Levites who stood across from the singers in the services (Nehemiah 12:9). The lists do not say whether same-named Levites in different lists are one man.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:9

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  • Uzzi

    Singer at the dedication

    One of those named with the choirs in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:42

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  • Uzzi

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Jedaiah in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:19

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  • Zaccur

    Son of Asaph, singer

    Son of Asaph who prophesied with lyres, harps and cymbals; the third lot fell to him.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:2; 1 Chronicles 25:10; Nehemiah 12:35

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  • Zechariah

    Priest with a trumpet

    One of the priests with trumpets who stood in the house of God after the wall dedication procession.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:41

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  • Zechariah

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Iddo in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:16

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  • Zechariah

    Priest with trumpets at the dedication

    Son of Jonathan, in the line of Asaph, one of the priests with trumpets in the first dedication choir.

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:35

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  • Zichri

    Head of a priestly family

    Head of the priestly family of Abijah in the days of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

    Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:17

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Cross references (31)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Nehemiah 10:2–8; Nehemiah 12:12–21; Ezra 2:1–2; Haggai 2:21–23; Haggai 1:14
  2. 4 Luke 1:5
  3. 6 Nehemiah 11:10; 1 Chronicles 9:10
  4. 7 Zechariah 3:1; 1 Chronicles 24:18; Haggai 1:1; Nehemiah 12:1; Ezra 3:2
  5. 8 Nehemiah 11:17; Nehemiah 12:24; Nehemiah 11:22; 1 Chronicles 9:33; Nehemiah 10:9–13
  6. 9 Psalm 134:1–3; Nehemiah 12:24
  7. 10 Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 13:28; 1 Chronicles 6:3–15; Nehemiah 13:4; Nehemiah 13:7
  8. 12 1 Chronicles 15:12; 1 Chronicles 24:6–31; 1 Chronicles 9:33–34; Nehemiah 12:22
  9. 22 Nehemiah 12:10–13
  10. 23 1 Chronicles 9:14–44
  11. 24 1 Chronicles 25:1–26; Ezra 3:10–11; Nehemiah 11:17; 2 Chronicles 8:14; Deuteronomy 33:1
  12. 25 1 Chronicles 9:14–17; Nehemiah 11:17–19; 1 Chronicles 23:32; Isaiah 21:8; 1 Chronicles 26:12
  13. 26 Nehemiah 8:9; Ezra 7:11; Ezra 7:6
  14. 27 1 Chronicles 15:16; 2 Chronicles 5:13; 1 Chronicles 15:28; 2 Chronicles 29:30; Deuteronomy 20:5
  15. 28 1 Chronicles 9:16; 1 Chronicles 2:54; Nehemiah 6:2
  16. 29 1 Chronicles 6:60; Deuteronomy 11:30; Joshua 21:17; Nehemiah 11:31; Joshua 5:9
  17. 30 Exodus 19:10; Job 1:5; Ezra 6:21; 2 Chronicles 29:5; Exodus 19:15
  18. 31 Nehemiah 2:13; Nehemiah 12:38; 2 Chronicles 5:2; Nehemiah 3:13–14; Nehemiah 12:40
  19. 33 Nehemiah 10:2–7
  20. 35 Numbers 10:2–10; Joshua 6:4; 1 Chronicles 25:2; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 2 Chronicles 13:12
  21. 36 Nehemiah 12:24; 1 Chronicles 23:5; 2 Chronicles 8:14; Ezra 8:1; Ezra 7:1
  22. 37 Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 2:14; Nehemiah 8:3; Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 8:1
  23. 38 Nehemiah 3:8; Nehemiah 3:11; Nehemiah 12:31
  24. 39 Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 3:6; Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 3:3; Nehemiah 3:25
  25. 40 Psalm 42:4; Nehemiah 12:31–32; Psalm 134:1–3; Psalm 47:6–9
  26. 42 Psalm 81:1; Psalm 98:4–9; Psalm 100:1–2; Isaiah 12:5–6; Psalm 95:1
  27. 43 Ezra 3:13; Psalm 92:4; Jeremiah 31:13; Psalm 148:11–13; 2 Chronicles 7:10
  28. 44 Nehemiah 10:37–39; Nehemiah 13:12–13; 2 Chronicles 31:11–13; 1 Chronicles 26:21–26; Numbers 3:10
  29. 45 1 Chronicles 25:1–26; 2 Chronicles 23:6; 1 Chronicles 23:28
  30. 46 2 Chronicles 29:30; Psalm 73:1; Psalm 83:1; 1 Chronicles 25:1–31
  31. 47 Nehemiah 12:1; Nehemiah 11:23; 2 Chronicles 31:5–6; Malachi 3:8–10; Nehemiah 13:10–12

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