Nehemiah 12:1-26

1 Now these are the Kohanim and the Levites who went up with Zerubbavel the son of She'alti'el, and Yeshua: Serayah, Yirmeyahu, Ezra,
2 Amaryah, Mallukh, Hattush,
3 Shekhanyahu, Rechum, Meremot,
4 `Iddo, Ginnetoi, Aviyah,
5 Miyamin, Ma`adyah, Bilgah,
6 Shemayah, and Yoiariv, Yedayah.
7 Sallu, `Amok, Hilkiyah, Yedayah. These were the chiefs of the Kohanim and of their brothers in the days of Yeshua.
8 Moreover the Levites: Yeshua, Binnui, Kadmi'el, Sherevyah, Yehudah, [and] Mattanyah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.
9 Also Bakbukyah and Unno, their brothers, were over against them according to their offices.
10 Yeshua became the father of Yoiakim, and Yoiakim became the father of Elyashiv, and Elyashiv became the father of Yoiada,
11 and Yoiada became the father of Yonatan, and Yonatan became the father of Yaddua.
12 In the days of Yoiakim were Kohanim, heads of fathers' [houses]: of Serayah, Merayah; of Yirmeyahu, Hananyah;
13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amaryah, Yehochanan;
14 of Malluchi, Yonatan; of Shevanyah, Yosef;
15 of Harim, `Adna; of Merayot, Helkai;
16 of `Iddo, Zekharyah; of Ginneton, Meshullam;
17 of Aviyah, Zikhri; of Minyamin, of Mo`adyah, Piltai;
18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemayah, Yehonatan;
19 and of Yoiariv, Mattenai; of Yedayah, `Uzzi;
20 of Sallai, Kallai; of `Amok, `Ever;
21 of Hilkiyah, Hashavyah; of Yedayah, Netan'el.
22 As for the Levites, in the days of Elyashiv, Yoiada, and Yochanan, and Yaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers' [houses]; also the Kohanim, in the reign of Daryavesh the Parsian.
23 The sons of Levi, heads of fathers' [houses], were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Yochanan the son of Elyashiv.
24 The chiefs of the Levites: Hashavyah, Sherevyah, and Yeshua the son of Kadmi'el, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the mitzvah of David the man of God, watch next to watch.
25 Mattanyah, and Bakbukyah, `Ovadyah, Meshullam, Talmon, `Akkuv, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.
26 These were in the days of Yoiakim the son of Yeshua, the son of Yotzadak, and in the days of Nechemyah the governor, and of Ezra the Kohen the Sofer.

Nehemiah 12:1-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 12

This chapter gives an account of the chief of the priests and Levites in the days of Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Joiakim, Eliashib, and Nehemiah, Ne 12:1-26, of the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, and of the joy expressed on that occasion, Ne 12:27-43, and of the appointment of some persons over the treasuries for the priests, Levites, singers, and porters, Ne 12:44-47.

The Hebrew Names Version is in the public domain.