Nehemiah 12:11-24 Modern English Version (MEV)

11. Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.

12. Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, these were the heads of the fathers’ houses:of Seraiah, Meraiah;of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

13. of Ezra, Meshullam;of Amariah, Jehohanan;

14. of Malluk, Jonathan;of Shebaniah, Joseph;

15. of Harim, Adna;of Meraioth, Helkai;

16. of Iddo, Zechariah;of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

17. of Abijah, Zikri;of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;

18. of Bilgah, Shammua;of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

19. of Joiarib, Mattenai;of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

20. of Sallu, Kallai;of Amok, Eber;

21. of Hilkiah, Hashabiah;and of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

22. The Levites, as well as the priests, were recorded as the chiefs of the fathers’ houses in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua during the reign of Darius the Persian.

23. The descendants of Levi who served as the chiefs of the fathers’ house were recorded in the book of the chronicles until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

24. The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them, to praise and to give thanks, section opposite section, according to the commandment of David the man of God.

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