1 These are the priests and helpers who came with Zerubbabel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra. 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush. 3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth. 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah. 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah. 6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah. 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the top priests in the days of Jeshua. 8 The helpers (Levites) were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, who led songs of thanks. 9 Bakbukiah and Unni and their brothers stood across from them to help. 10 Jeshua had a son, Joiakim; Joiakim had Eliashib; Eliashib had Joiada. 11 Joiada had Jonathan; Jonathan had Jaddua. 12 In the days of Joiakim, these were heads: for Seraiah, Meraiah; for Jeremiah, Hananiah. 13 For Ezra, Meshullam; for Amariah, Jehohanan. 14 For Malluchi, Jonathan; for Shebaniah, Joseph. 15 For Harim, Adna; for Meraioth, Helkai. 16 For Iddo, Zechariah; for Ginnethon, Meshullam. 17 For Abijah, Zichri; for Miniamin and Moadiah, Piltai. 18 For Bilgah, Shammua; for Shemaiah, Jehonathan. 19 For Joiarib, Mattenai; for Jedaiah, Uzzi. 20 For Sallai, Kallai; for Amok, Eber. 21 For Hilkiah, Hashabiah; for Jedaiah, Nethanel. 22 In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the Levites and priests were written down when King Darius of Persia was king. ✍️ 23 The sons of Levi were written in the book up to Johanan, son of Eliashib. 24 Leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel. They stood across to praise and thank God, like David said, turn by turn. 25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gate guards at the store rooms. ️ 26 These men lived in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, and in the days of Nehemiah the leader and Ezra the priest and teacher. ⏳ 27 They had a big thank you for the wall of Jerusalem; they called the Levites to come sing with joy and music, with cymbals, harps, and lyres. 28 The singers came from places near Jerusalem and from towns of the Netophathites. ️ 29 They came from Beth-gilgal, and from the places of Geba and Azmaveth; the singers had towns around Jerusalem. 30 The priests and Levites made themselves clean, and they made the people, the gates, and the wall clean. ✨ 31 Nehemiah brought the leaders up on the wall and made two big choirs to give thanks; one went to the right to the Dung Gate. ➡️ 32 Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah went after them. ♂️♀️ 33 Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam went too. ♂️ 34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah were there. ♂️♀️ 35 Some sons of priests had trumpets: Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph. 36 His family—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, Hanani—had the music tools of David; Ezra the teacher went first. 37 At the Fountain Gate they went up the steps by the city of David, on the wall, past David’s house, to the Water Gate on the east. ⬆️ 38 The other choir went to the left; Nehemiah went after them with half the people, on the wall, by the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall. ⬅️ 39 They went by the Gate of Ephraim, the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, the Sheep Gate, and stopped at the Guard Gate. 40 Both choirs stood at God’s house, and Nehemiah stood there with half the leaders. ⛪ 41 The priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah had trumpets. 42 Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer were there; the singers sang with Jezrahiah as leader. 43 They gave big gifts on the altar and were very, very happy, because God made them full of joy; the women and the children were happy too; the joy in Jerusalem was so loud people far away could hear. 44 That day they chose men to watch the rooms for gifts, first gifts, and ten parts, to bring what the law said for the priests and Levites, because Judah was happy with the priests and Levites who worked. 45 They did the work of God and the clean work; the singers and gate guards did the same, like David and his son Solomon said. 46 Long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were leaders for songs, and songs to praise and thank God. ️ 47 All Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, gave food and gifts each day for the singers and gate guards; they set gifts for the Levites, and the Levites set gifts for the sons of Aaron.