1So, these are the priests and Levites who rolled up with Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, fr.

2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, no cap.

3Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, all part of the squad.

4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, keeping it lit.

5Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, they vibin’.

6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, bringing that good energy.

7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the top priests and their crew back in Jeshua's day, bet.

8Plus the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was all about that thanksgiving vibe with his crew.

9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their crew was holding it down in the watches, fr.

10And Jeshua had Joiakim, and Joiakim had Eliashib, and Eliashib had Joiada, keeping the fam tree strong.

11Joiada had a kid named Jonathan, and Jonathan had Jaddua. Family tree vibes.

12Back in the days of Joiakim, the priests were the main squad: Seraiah, Meraiah; Jeremiah, Hananiah; real ones.

13Then you got Ezra and Meshullam; Amariah and Jehohanan, keeping it lit.

14Melicu had Jonathan; Shebaniah had Joseph, just stacking the roster.

15Harim repped Adna; Meraioth was all about Helkai, no cap.

16Iddo had Zechariah; Ginnethon brought in Meshullam, straight up.

17Abijah had Zichri; Miniamin and Moadiah were all about Piltai, periodt.

18Bilgah had Shammua; Shemaiah was with Jehonathan, that’s savage.

19Joiarib had Mattenai; Jedaiah was rolling with Uzzi, keeping it 100.

20Sallai had Kallai; Amok was vibing with Eber, just chilling.

21Hilkiah and Hashabiah, Jedaiah and Nethaneel, all part of the squad.

22The Levites during Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua were the OGs, also the priests, rollin’ with Darius the Persian.

23Levi’s fam, the top dogs, were written in the chronicles until Johanan, Eliashib’s kid.

24The Levite chiefs: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, Kadmiel's son, with their crew, ready to praise and give thanks, just like David said.

25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub were the gatekeepers, holding it down at the thresholds.

26This all went down in the days of Joiakim, Jeshua’s son, and Nehemiah the governor, plus Ezra the priest, the scribe.

27At the wall dedication of Jerusalem, they called up the Levites from everywhere to vibe with the dedication, all about the thanks and singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps.

28The singer squad linked up from the fields around Jerusalem and the Netophathi villages.

29Also from Gilgal's crib, and the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, ‘cause the singers built their own spots around Jerusalem.

30The priests and Levites cleaned themselves up, got the people right, and purified the gates and the wall.

31So I gathered the Judah squad on the wall, and set up two dope crews to give thanks, one vibing on the right side by the dung gate.

32Hoshaiah and half the Judah crew rolled out after them, no cap.

33Then came Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, all part of the squad.

34Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah were in the mix too.

35And some priest's kids had trumpets, like Zechariah, son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph—big family vibes.

36His crew, Shemaiah, Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, were rocking David's musical vibes, with Ezra leading the charge.

37At the fountain gate, they climbed up the stairs of the city of David, going up the wall, past David's crib, all the way to the water gate eastward.

38The other crew giving thanks was opposite them, and I was trailing behind, with half the people on the wall, from the furnace tower to the broad wall, lit.

39From above the Ephraim gate, past the old gate, fish gate, Hananeel tower, Meah tower, all the way to the sheep gate, they paused at the prison gate.

40So the two crews giving thanks stood in the house of God, with me and half the rulers, just chilling.

41And the squad of 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 were vibin' loud, with Jezrahiah their hype man.

43That day they threw down some serious sacrifices and were lit: God made them feel all the joy: the wives and kids were also hype: the joy of Jerusalem was heard from way far off.

44At that time, some were put in charge of the treasure rooms for the offerings, firstfruits, and tithes, gathering the goods from the fields for the priests and Levites: Judah was vibin' for the priests and Levites who were waiting.

45Both the singers and the porters kept it 100 with their God, following the command of David and his son Solomon.

46Back in the day of David and Asaph, there were the top singers, and they dropped songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave their portions to the singers and porters, every day getting their share: they made holy things for the Levites; and the Levites made them holy for the kids of Aaron.

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.