son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
[23] For
it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due
for every day.
[24] And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah,
was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
[25] And for the villages, with their fields,
some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the
villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
[26] And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and
at Beth-phelet,
[27] And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,
[28] And at Ziklag,
and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
[29] And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
[30]
Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages
thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
[31] The children also of Benjamin
from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,
[32] And at Anathoth, Nob,
Ananiah,
[33] Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
[34] Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
[35] Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
[36]
And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
Neh.12
[1] Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
[2] Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
[3] Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
[4]
Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
[5] Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
[6] Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jediah,
[7] Sallu, Amok,
Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
[8] Moreover
the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving,
he and his brethren.
[9] Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
[10]
And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
[11] And Joiada begat
Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
[12] And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the
fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
[13] Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
[14]
Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
[15] Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
[16] Of Iddo, Zechariah; of
Ginnethon, Meshullam;
[17] Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
[18] Of Bilgah, Shammua; of
Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
[19] And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
[20] Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
[21]
Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
[22] 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.
[23]
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.
[24] 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.
[25] Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah,
Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
[26] 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.
[27] 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.
[28] And the sons
of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and
from the villages of Netophathi;
[29] 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.
[30] And the priests and
the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
[31] 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:
[32] And after them went Hoshaiah,
and half of the princes of Judah,
[33] And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
[34] Judah, and Benjamin, and
Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
[35] 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:
[36] And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah,
Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
[37]
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.
[38] 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;
[39] And from