The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, wererecordedchief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, withtheirbrethrenoveragainstthem, to praise and to givethanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, wardoveragainstward.
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalemtheysought the Levites out of all theirplaces, to bringthem to Jerusalem, to keep the dedicationwithgladness, bothwiththanksgivings, and withsinging, withcymbals, psalteries, and withharps.
Then I brought up the princes of Judahupon the wall, and appointed two greatcompanies of themthatgavethanks, whereof one went on the righthandupon the walltoward the dunggate:
And certain of the priests’sonswithtrumpets; 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:
And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musicalinstruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribebeforethem.
And at the fountaingate, which was overagainstthem, theywent up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, evenunto the watergateeastward.
And the othercompany of themthatgavethankswentoveragainstthem, and I afterthem, and the half of the peopleupon the wall, frombeyond the tower of the furnacesevenunto the broadwall;
And fromabove the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fishgate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, evenunto the sheepgate: and theystoodstill in the prisongate.
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singerssangloud, withJezrahiahtheiroverseer.
Alsothat day theyofferedgreatsacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had madethemrejoicewithgreat joy: the wivesalso and the childrenrejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heardevenafar off.
And at thattimeweresomeappointedover the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gatherintothem out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judahrejoiced for the priests and for the Levitesthatwaited.
And both the singers and the porterskept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
And 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 theysanctifiedholythingsunto the Levites; and the Levitessanctifiedthemunto the children of Aaron.