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These are the priests and Levites who came back with Zerubbabel (Shealtiel's son) and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
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Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
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Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
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Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
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Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
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Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and of their relatives at the time of Jeshua.
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The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with his relatives was in charge of the thanksgiving hymns.
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Their relatives Bakbukiah and Unno stood across from them in worship.
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Jeshua was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada.
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Joiada was the father of Jonathan. Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
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At the time of Joiakim, these were the priests who were the leaders of their families: From Seraiah, Meraiah; from Jeremiah, Hananiah;
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from Ezra, Meshullam; from Amariah, Jehohanan;
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from Malluchi, Jonathan; from Shebaniah, Joseph;
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from Harim, Adna; from Meraioth, Helkai;
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from Iddo, Zechariah; from Ginnethon, Meshullam;
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from Abijah, Zichri; from Miniamin, from Moadiah, Piltai;
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from Bilgah, Shammua; from Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
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from Joiarib, Mattenai; from Jedaiah, Uzzi;
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from Sallai, Kallai; from Amok, Eber;
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from Hilkiah, Hashabiah; from Jedaiah, Nethanel.
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[The names of] the family heads of the Levites and the priests at the time of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua were recorded until the reign of Darius the Persian.
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[The names of] the family heads of the Levites were recorded in the Book of Chronicles until the time of Johanan, grandson of Eliashib.
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The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua (son of Kadmiel). They and their relatives stood in groups across from one another to sing hymns of praise and thanksgiving antiphonally as David, the man of God, had ordered.
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Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storehouses by the gates.
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They lived in the days of Joiakim, son of Jeshua, grandson of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe.