Nehemiah 12:15-25

15 from Harim, Adna; from Meraioth, Helkai;
16 from Iddo, Zechariah; from Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 from Abijah, Zichri; from Miniamin, from Moadiah, Piltai;
18 from Bilgah, Shammua; from Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19 from Joiarib, Mattenai; from Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 from Sallai, Kallai; from Amok, Eber;
21 from Hilkiah, Hashabiah; from Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22 [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.
23 [The names of] the family heads of the Levites were recorded in the Book of Chronicles until the time of Johanan, grandson of Eliashib.
24 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.
25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storehouses by the gates.

Nehemiah 12:15-25 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.

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