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Jehohanan;
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Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
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Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
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Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
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Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah,
Piltai;
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Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
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And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah,
Uzzi;
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Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
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Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
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The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua,
were
recorded chief of
the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
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The sons of Levi, the chief of the
fathers,
were
written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
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And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their
brethren over against them, to praise
and
to give thanks, according to the commandment of David
the man of God, ward over against ward.
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Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam,
Talmon, Akkub,
were
porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
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These
were
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, the scribe.
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And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places,
to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with
singing,
with
cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
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And the sons of the singers gathered themselves
together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
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Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had
builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
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And the priests and the Levites purified themselves,
and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
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Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon
the wall, and appointed two great
companies of them that gave
thanks,
whereof one
went on the
right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
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And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the
princes of Judah,
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And PrAzariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
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Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah,
and Jeremiah,
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And
certain
of the priests’ sons with trumpets;
namely,
Zechariah the son of
Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the
son of Asaph:
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And his brethren, Shemaiah, and PrAzarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel,
and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe
before them.
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And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs
of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate
eastward.
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And the other
company of them that gave
thanks went over against
them,
and I after
them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto
the broad wall;
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And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish
gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood
still in the prison gate.
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So stood the two
companies of them that gave
thanks in the house of God,
and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
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And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah,
Elioenai, Zechariah,
and
Hananiah, with trumpets;
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And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar,
and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with
Jezrahiah
their
overseer.
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Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had
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