Nehemiah 12

Nehemiah · Chapter 12

Nehemiah 12:10

1Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,3Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,5Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.10And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,11And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.12And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;13Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;14Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;15Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;16Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;17Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;18Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;19And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;20Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;21Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.22The 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.23The 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.24And 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.25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.26These 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.27And 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.28And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;29Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.31Then 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:32And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,33And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,35And 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:36And 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.37And 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.38And 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;39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.40So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:41And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;42And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.43Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.44And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.45And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
10And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,And Jeshua begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and Jeshuaוְיֵשׁ֖וּעַve-ye-SHU-a'H3442P
Jeshua

יֵשׁוּעַ (ye.shu.a) A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.24.11; son of: Jozadak (H3136) § Jeshua = "he is saved" 1) son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan 2) son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration 3) a priest in the time of David who had charge of the 9th course 4) a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah 5) head of a Levitical house which returned from captivity in Babylon 6) father of a builder of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah …

he fatheredהוֹלִ֣ידho-LIDH3205
to beget

יָלַד (ya.lad) 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

Joiakimיֽוֹיָקִ֑יםyo-ya-KIMH3113
Joiakim

יוֹיָקִים (yo.ya.qim) A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.10; son of: Joshua (H3091J); father of: Eliashib (H0475N) § Joiakim or Jehoiakim = "Jehovah raises up" a priest and son of Jeshua the high priest

and Joiakimוְיֽוֹיָקִים֙ve-yo-ya-KIMH3113
Joiakim

יוֹיָקִים (yo.ya.qim) A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.10; son of: Joshua (H3091J); father of: Eliashib (H0475N) § Joiakim or Jehoiakim = "Jehovah raises up" a priest and son of Jeshua the high priest

he fatheredהוֹלִ֣ידho-LIDH3205
to beget

יָלַד (ya.lad) 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

Eliashibאֶלְיָשִׁ֔יב'el-ya-SHIVH0475N
Eliashib

אֶלְיָשִׁיב (el.ya.shiv) A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.10; son of: Joiakim (H3113); father of: Joiada (H3111H) § Eliashib = "God restores" 1) a priest in David's reign 2) a descendant of David 3) a high priest in Nehemiah's time 4) a temple singer with foreign wife 5) one of the line of Zattu 6) one of the line of Bani

and Eliashibוְאֶלְיָשִׁ֖יבve-'el-ya-SHIVH0475N
Eliashib

אֶלְיָשִׁיב (el.ya.shiv) A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.10; son of: Joiakim (H3113); father of: Joiada (H3111H) § Eliashib = "God restores" 1) a priest in David's reign 2) a descendant of David 3) a high priest in Nehemiah's time 4) a temple singer with foreign wife 5) one of the line of Zattu 6) one of the line of Bani

Joiadaיוֹיָדָֽע׃yo-ya-DA'H3111H
Joiada

יוֹיָדָע (yo.ya.da) A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.10; son of: Eliashib (H0475N); father of: Johanan (H3110L) and son_of_Joiada (H3111I); also called Jehoiada at Neh.13.28; § Joiada or Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows" 1) son of Paseah, who assisted to repair the old gate of Jerusalem 2) son of the high priest Eliashib in the time of Nehemiah

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.