Common English Bible

Nehemiah 12:7-23 Common English Bible (CEB)

7. Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah.These were the leaders of the priests and of their associates in the days of Jeshua.

8. The Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and also Mattaniah, who was in charge of the thanksgiving songs along with his associates.

9. Bakbukiah and Unn and their associates stood opposite them in the service.

10. Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,

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

12. These were the heads of the priestly families in the days of Joiakim: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

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

14. of Malluch, 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. of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

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

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

22. In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the Levites and the priests were recorded as heads of families in the rule of Darius the Persian.

23. The Levites who were heads of families were recorded in the official records until the time of Johanan, Eliashib’s son.