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Nehemiah 12:1-22 Good News Bible (GNB)

1. The following is a list of the priests and Levites who returned from exile with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with the High Priest Joshua:Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah.These men were leaders among all their fellow-priests in the days of Joshua.The following were in charge of the singing of hymns of thanksgiving: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah.

9. The following formed the choir that sang the responses: Bakbukiah, Unno, and their fellow-Levites.

10. Joshua was the father of Joiakim; Joiakim was the father of Eliashib; Eliashib was the father of Joiada;

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

22. A record was kept of the heads of the Levite families and of the priestly families during the lifetimes of the following High Priests: Eliashib, Joiada, Jonathan, and Jaddua. This record was finished when Darius was emperor of Persia.