l,b'BUr.z -mi[ .Wl'[ r,v]a ~iYiw.l;h.w ~yin]h{K;h h,Lea.w ? a'r.z,[#st05830 h'y.m.rIy#st03414 h'y'r.f ;[.Wvey.w#st03442 leayiT.l;a.v -n,B2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
v.WJ;x .$.WL;m#st04409 h'y.r;m]a3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
t{mer.m#st04822 ~Ux.r#st07348 h'y.n;k.v4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
h'Yib]a yw{t.Nig aw{Di[5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
h'G.liB#st01083 h'y.d;[;m#st04573 !yim'Yim6 Shemaiah and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
h'y.[;d.y byir'yw{y.w#st03114 h'y.[;m.v7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their kinsmen in the days of Jeshua.
~yin]h{K;h yeva'r#st07218 h,Lea h'y.[;d.y#st03048 h'Yiq.lix qw{m'[#st05987 .WL;s ? ;[.Wvey#st03442 yemyiB ~,hyex]a;w8 The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah who was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brothers.
h'd.Wh.y#st03063 h'y.berev#st08274 leayim.d;q#st06934 y.WNiB#st01131 ;[.Wvey#st03442 ~iYiw.l;h.w#st03881 ? ]wy'x,a.w a.Wh tw{d.YUh#st01960 -l;[ h'y.n;T;m9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in their service divisions.
tw{r'm.vim.l ~'D.g,n.l ~,hyex]a w{NU[.w#st06042 h'y.qUB.q;b.W10 Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
~yiq'yw{y.w ~yiq'yw{y -t,a dyilw{h ;[.Wvey.w ? ['d'yw{y#st03111 -t,a byiv'y.l,a.w#st0475 byiv'y.l,a -t,a dyilw{h11 and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
dyilw{h !'t'nw{y.w !'t'nw{y -t,a dyilw{h ['d'yw{y.w#st03111 ? ;[.WD;y -t,a12 Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of fathers' households were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
tw{b'a'h#st01 yeva'r ~yin]h{k .Wy'h ~yiq'yw{y#st03113 yemyib.W#st04811 ? h'y.n;n]x h'y.m.rIy.l#st03414 h'y'r.m h'y'r.fil13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
!'n'xw{h.y#st03076 h'y.r;m]a;l#st0568 ~'LUv.m#st04918 a'r.z,[.l14 of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
@esw{y#st03130 h'y.n;b.vil !'t'nw{y#st03129 yik.Wl.mil15 of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
y'q.l,x tw{y'r.mil#st04812 a'n.d;[#st05733 ~ir'x.l16 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
~'LUv.m !w{t.Nig.l#st01599 h'y.r;k.z a'y'd][;l17 of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
y'j.liP h'y.d;[w{m.l#st04153 !yim'y.nim.l#st04509 yir.kiz#st02147 h'Yib]a;l18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
!'t'nw{h.y#st03083 h'y.[;m.vil#st08098 ;[.WM;v#st08051 h'G.lib.l19 of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
yiZU[#st05813 h'y.[;dyil#st03048 y;n.T;m byir'yw{y.l.W20 of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
r,be[ qw{m'[.l#st05987 y'L;q#st07040 y;L;s.l21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
lea.n;t.n#st05417 h'y.[;dyil#st03048 h'y.b;v]x#st02811 h'Yiq.lix.l22 As for the Levites, the heads of fathers' households were registered in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan and Jaddua; so were the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian.
!'n'xw{y.w ['d'yw{y#st03111 byiv'y.l,a#st0475 yemyiB ~iYiw.l;h ? ~yin]h{K;h.w tw{b'a#st01 yeva'r ~yib.Wt.K ;[.WD;y.w#st03037 ? yis.r'P;h#st06542 v,w'y.r'D#st01867 t.Wk.l;m -l;[23 The sons of Levi, the heads of fathers' households, were registered in the Book of the Chronicles * up to the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
r,pes -l;[ ~yib.Wt.K tw{b'a'h#st01121 yeva'r#st07218 yiwel#st03878 yen.B ? byiv'y.l,a -n,B !'n'xw{y#st03110 yem.y -d;[.w ~yim'Y;h yer.biD24 The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise and give thanks, as prescribed by David the man of God, division corresponding to division.
leayim.d;q#st06934 -n,B ;[.Wvey.w#st03442 h'y.berev#st08274 h'y.b;v]x#st02811 ~iYiw.l;h#st03881 yeva'r.w#st07218 ? t;w.cim.B tw{dw{h.l leL;h.l ~'D.g,n.l ~,hyex]a;w#st0251 ? r'm.vim#st04929 t;MU[.l r'm.vim ~yih{l/a'h#st0430 -vyia dyiw'D25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates.
!w{m.l;j#st02929 ~'LUv.m h'y.d;b{[#st05662 h'y.qUB.q;b.W#st01229 h'y.n;T;m#st04983 ? ~yir'[.V;h#st08179 yePUs]a;B r'm.vim ~yir][w{v ~yir.m{v#st04929 b.WQ;[26 These served 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.
q'd'cw{y#st03136 -n,B ;[.Wvey -n,B ~yiq'yw{y#st03113 yemyiB h,Lea ? repw{S;h !eh{K;h#st03548 a'r.z,[.w#st05830 h'x,P;h h'y.m,x.n yemyib.W27 Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres.
~iYiw.l;h -t,a .Wv.qiB ~i;l'v.Wr.y t;mw{x t;KUn]x;b.W ? t{f][;l ~i'l'v.Wryil ~'ayib]h;l ~'t{mw{q.m#st04725 -l'Kim ? ~Iy;T.lic.m#st04700 ryiv.b.W tw{dw{t.b.W#st08426 h'x.mif.w h'KUn]x ? tw{r{Nik.b.W ~yil'b.n28 So the sons of the singers were assembled from the district around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,
tw{byib.s#st01121 r'KiK;h -nim.W ~yir.r{v.m;h yen.B .Wp.s'aeY;w ? yit'p{j.n#st05200 yer.c;x -nim.W ~i;l'v.Wr.y29 from Beth-gilgal and from their fields in Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
yiK t,w'm.z;[.w#st05820 [;b,G tw{d.Fim.W l'G.liG;h#st01537 tyeBim.W#st01004 ? ~i'l'v.Wr.y tw{byib.s ~yir]r{v.m;h ~,h'l .Wn'B ~yirec]x30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates and the wall.
~'['h#st05971 -t,a .Wr]h;j.y;w ~iYiw.l;h.w ~yin]h{K;h .Wr]h;JiY;w ? h'mw{x;h#st02346 -t,a.w ~yir'[.V;h -t,a.w31 Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top * of the wall, and I appointed two great choirs, the first proceeding to the right on top * of the wall toward the Refuse Gate.
h'dyim][;a'w h'mw{x;l l;[em h'd.Wh.y#st03063 yer'f -t,a h,l][;a'w ? l;[em !yim'Y;l t{kUl]h;t.w t{lw{d.G t{dw{t yeT.v ? t{P.v;a'h#st0830 r;[;v.l h'mw{x;l32 Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah followed * them,
h'd.Wh.y#st03063 yer'f yic]x;w h'y.[;vw{h#st01955 ~,hyer]x;a .$,leY;w33 with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
~'LUv.m.W#st04918 a'r.z,[#st05830 h'y.r;z][;w34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
h'y.m.rIy.w#st03414 h'y.[;m.v.W#st08098 !im'y.nib.W#st01144 h'd.Wh.y35 and some of the sons of the priests with trumpets; and 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,
!'t'nw{y#st03129 -n,b h'y.r;k.z tw{r.c{c]x;B ~yin]h{K;h yen.Bim.W ? r.WK;z#st02139 -n,B h'y'kyim#st04320 -n,B h'y.n;T;m#st04983 -n,B h'y.[;m.v -n,B ? @'s'a -n,B36 and his kinsmen, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them.
y;['m#st04597 y;l]liG#st01562 y;l]lim#st04450 lea.r;z][;w#st05832 h'y.[;m.v#st08098 wy'x,a.w#st0251 ? dyiw'D#st03063 ryiv#st07892 -yel.kiB#st03627 yin'n]x#st02607 h'd.Whyiw lea.n;t.n#st05417 ? ~,hyen.pil repw{S;h a'r.z,[.w ~yih{l/a'h#st0430 vyia37 At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the city of David by the stairway of the wall above * the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
tw{l][;m -l;[ .Wl'[ ~'D.g,n.w !Iy;['h r;[;v#st08179 l;[.w ? dyiw'D tyeb.l l;[em h'mw{x;l#st02346 h,l][;M;B dyiw'D ryi[#st05892 ? x'r.zim#st04217 ~Iy;M;h#st04325 r;[;v d;[.w38 The second choir proceeded to the left, while I followed them with half of the people on the wall, above * the Tower of Furnaces, to the Broad Wall,
yin]a;w law{m.l t,k,lw{h;h tyineV;h h'dw{T;h.w#st08426 ? l;D.gim.l l;[em h'mw{x;h.l#st02346 l;[em ~'['h#st05971 yic]x;w#st02677 'hy,r]x;a#st0310 ? h'b'x.r'h h'mw{x;h#st02346 d;[.w ~yir.WN;T;h39 and above * the Gate of Ephraim, by the Old Gate, by the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
h'n'v.y;h r;[;v#st08179 -l;[.w ~Iy;r.p,a#st0669 -r;[;v.l#st08179 l;[em.W ? l;D.gim.W#st04026 lea.n;n]x#st02606 l;D.gim.W#st04026 ~yig'D;h r;[;v#st08179 -l;[.w ? h'r'J;M;h#st04307 r;[;v.B#st08179 .Wd.m'[.w ]na{C;h r;[;v#st08179 d;[.w h'aeM;h40 Then the two choirs took their stand in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me;
yin]a;w ~yih{l/a'h#st0430 tyeb.B t{dw{T;h yeT.v h'n.d{m][;T;w ? yiMi[ ~yin'g.S;h yic]x;w41 and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah, with the trumpets;
h'y'kyim#st04320 !yim'y.nim#st04509 h'yef][;m#st04641 ~yiq'y.l,a ~yin]h{K;h.w ? tw{r.c{c]x;B h'y.n;n]x#st02608 h'y.r;k.z y;nye[w{y.l,a42 and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam and Ezer. And the singers sang, with Jezrahiah their leader,
!'n'xw{hyiw#st03076 yiZU[.w#st05813 r'z'[.l,a.w#st0499 h'y.[;m.v.W#st08098 h'yef][;m.W ? ~yir.r{v.m;h .W[yim.v;Y;w r,z'['w#st05829 ~'lye[.w#st05867 h'YiK.l;m.W#st04441 ? dyiq'P;h#st06496 h'y.x;r.zIy.w43 and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
~yilw{d.G#st01419 ~yix'b.z a.Wh;h -mw{Y;b .Wx.B.ziY;w ? h'lw{d.g#st01419 h'x.mif ~'x.Mif ~yih{l/a'h yiK .Wx'm.fiY;w ? t;x.mif#st08057 [;m'ViT;w .Wxem'f#st08055 ~yid'l.y;h.w ~yiv'N;h ~;g.w ? qw{x'rem ~i;l'v.Wr.y44 On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served.
tw{k'v.N;h#st05393 -l;[ ~yiv'n]a#st0582 a.Wh;h ~w{Y;b#st03117 .Wd.q'PiY;w ? tw{r.f;[;M;l.w tyivaer'l tw{m.Wr.T;l tw{r'cw{a'l ? h'rw{T;h tw{a'n.m ~yir'[,h yed.fil ~,h'B sw{n.kil ? ~yin]h{K;h -l;[ h'd.Wh.y#st03063 t;x.mif yiK ~iYiw.l;l.w ~yin]h{K;l ? ~yid.m{['h ~iYiw.l;h -l;[.w45 For they performed the worship of their God and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers in accordance with the command of David and of his son Solomon.
h'r\h'J;h#st02893 t,r,m.vim.W ~,hyeh{l/a t,r,m.vim .Wr.m.viY;w ? h{m{l.v#st08010 dyiw'D t;w.cim.K ~yir][{V;h.w ~yir.r{v.m;h.w ? w{n.b46 For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, there were leaders of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God.
~yir.r{v.m;h va{r#st07218 ~,d,Qim @'s'a.w dyiw'd yemyib -yiK ? ~yih{lael tw{d{h.w h'Lih.T#st08416 -ryiv.w47 So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the consecrated portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated portion for the sons of Aaron.
h'y.m,x.n yemyib.W l,b'BUr.z#st02216 yemyiB lea'r.fIy -l'k.w ? ~w{y#st03117 -r;b.D ~yir][{V;h.w ~yir.r{v.m;h tw{y'n.m ~yin.t{n#st04521 ? ~yiviD.q;m ~iYiw.l;h.w#st03881 ~iYiw.l;l#st03881 ~yiviD.q;m.W w{mw{y.B ? !{r]h;a yen.bil