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Joiakim was the father of Eliashib; Eliashib was the father of Joiada; </span><span class="v16_12_11"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.11" class="v16_12_11">11</span>Joiada was the father of Jonathan; and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.</span></p><h3 class="s">Heads of the Priestly Clans</h3><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_12"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.12-Neh.12.21" class="v16_12_12">12-21</span>When Joiakim was High Priest, the following priests were the heads of the priestly clans:</span></p><table><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="th1"><span class="v16_12_12">Priest </span></td><td align="start" class="th2"><span class="v16_12_12">Clan</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Meraiah </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Seraiah</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Hananiah </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Jeremiah</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Meshullam </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Ezra</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Jehohanan </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Amariah</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Jonathan </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Malluchi</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Joseph </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Shebaniah</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Adna </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Harim</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Helkai </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Meraioth</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Zechariah </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Iddo</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Meshullam </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Ginnethon</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Zichri </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Abijah</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">…<a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.12.12-Neh.12.21!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Miniamin</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Piltai </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Moadiah</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Shammua </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Bilgah</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Jehonathan </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Shemaiah</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Mattenai </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Joiarib</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Uzzi </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Jedaiah</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Kallai </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Sallai</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Eber </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Amok</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Hashabiah </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Hilkiah</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v16_12_12">Nethanel </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v16_12_12">Jedaiah</span></td></tr></table><h3 class="s">Record of the Priestly and Levite Families</h3><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_22"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.22" class="v16_12_22">22</span>A record was kept of the heads of the Levite families and of the priestly families during the lifetimes of the following High Priests: Eliashib, Joiada, Jonathan, and Jaddua. This record was finished when Darius was emperor of Persia.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_23"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.23" class="v16_12_23">23</span>The heads of the Levite families, however, were recorded in the official records only until the time of Jonathan, the grandson of Eliashib.</span></p><h3 class="s">Assignment of Duties in the Temple</h3><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_24"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.24" class="v16_12_24">24</span>Under the direction of Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui,<a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.12.24!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and Kadmiel, the Levites were organized into groups. Two groups at a time praised God responsively and gave thanks to him, in accordance with the instructions given by King David, the man of God.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_25"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.25" class="v16_12_25">25</span>The following Temple guards were in charge of guarding the storerooms by the gates to the Temple: Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_26"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.26" class="v16_12_26">26</span>These people lived during the time of Joiakim, the son of Joshua and grandson of Jehozadak, and the time of Nehemiah the governor, and the time of Ezra, the priest who was a scholar of the Law.</span></p><h3 class="s">Nehemiah Dedicates the City Wall</h3><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_27"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.27" class="v16_12_27">27</span>When the city wall of Jerusalem was dedicated, the Levites were brought in from wherever they were living, so that they could join in celebrating the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals and harps. </span><span class="v16_12_28"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.28" class="v16_12_28">28</span>The Levite families of singers gathered from the area where they had settled around Jerusalem and from the towns around Netophah, </span><span class="v16_12_29"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.29" class="v16_12_29">29</span>and from Bethgilgal, Geba, and Azmaveth. </span><span class="v16_12_30"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.30" class="v16_12_30">30</span>The priests and the Levites performed ritual purification for themselves, the people, the gates, and the city wall.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_31"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.31" class="v16_12_31">31</span>I assembled the leaders of Judah on top of the wall and put them in charge of two large groups to march around the city, giving thanks to God.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_31">The first group went to the right on top of the wall toward the Rubbish Gate.<a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.12.31!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v16_12_32"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.32" class="v16_12_32">32</span>Hoshaiah marched behind the singers, followed by half the leaders of Judah. </span><span class="v16_12_33"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.33-Neh.12.35" class="v16_12_33">33-35</span>The following priests, blowing trumpets, marched next: Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah. Next came Zechariah, the son of Jonathan and grandson of Shemaiah. (His ancestors also included Mattaniah, Micaiah, and Zaccur, of the clan of Asaph.) </span><span class="v16_12_36"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.36" class="v16_12_36">36</span>He was followed by other members of his clan—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—all of whom carried musical instruments of the kind played by King David, the man of God. Ezra the scholar led this group in the procession. </span><span class="v16_12_37"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.37" class="v16_12_37">37</span>At the Fountain Gate they went up the steps that led to David's City, past David's palace, and back to the wall at the Water Gate, on the east side of the city.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_38"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.38" class="v16_12_38">38</span>The other group of those who gave thanks went to the left along the top of the wall, and I followed with half of the people. We marched past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall, </span><span class="v16_12_39"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.39" class="v16_12_39">39</span>and from there we went past Ephraim Gate, Jeshanah Gate,<a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.12.39!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. We ended our march near the gate to the Temple.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_40"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.40" class="v16_12_40">40</span>So both the groups that were giving thanks to God reached the Temple area.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_40">In addition to the leaders who were with me, </span><span class="v16_12_41"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.41" class="v16_12_41">41</span>my group included the following priests, blowing trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah; </span><span class="v16_12_42"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.42" class="v16_12_42">42</span>and they were followed by Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, led by Jezrahiah, sang at the top of their voices.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_43"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.43" class="v16_12_43">43</span>That day many sacrifices were offered, and the people were full of joy because God had made them very happy. The women and the children joined in the celebration, and the noise they all made could be heard for miles.</span></p><h3 class="s">Providing for Worship in the Temple</h3><p class="par"><span class="v16_12_44"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.44" class="v16_12_44">44</span>At that time men were put in charge of the storerooms where contributions for the Temple were kept, including the tithes and the first grain and fruit that ripened each year. These men were responsible for collecting from the farms near the various cities the contributions for the priests and the Levites which the Law required. All the people of Judah were pleased with the priests and the Levites, </span><span class="v16_12_45"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.45" class="v16_12_45">45</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.12.45!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span>-</span></a> because they performed the ceremonies of purification and the other rituals that God had commanded. The Temple musicians and the Temple guards also performed their duties in accordance with the regulations made by King David and his son Solomon. </span><span class="v16_12_46"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.46" class="v16_12_46">46</span>From the time of King David and the musician Asaph long ago, the musicians have led songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. </span><span class="v16_12_47"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.12.47" class="v16_12_47">47</span>In the time of Zerubbabel and also in the time of Nehemiah, all the people of Israel gave daily gifts for the support of the Temple musicians and the Temple guards. The people gave a sacred offering to the Levites, and the Levites gave the required portion to the priests.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.12-21: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In Hebrew a name is missing from the list.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.24: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text (see 10.9 and 12.8) </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Binnui; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">son of.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.31: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">Rubbish Gate: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The two groups started somewhere on the southwestern part of the city wall and went in opposite directions until they met in front of the Temple in the northeastern part of the city.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.39: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Ephraim Gate, Jeshanah Gate; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Ephraim Gate (also called the Old Gate).</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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