Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites
 On an ascent; an elevated place where the Levites used to stand when they sang at the time of sacrifice, and where they might be seen and heard by the people: 
 Jeshua and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and
 Chenani;
 who seem to be all Levites, see ( Nehemiah 8:7 ) , 
 and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God;
 praying with great fervency, and making bitter lamentation for the sins of the people and their own.