Verse 9
Nehemiah 12:9
World English Bible, British Edition
9
Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according
to their offices.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/בַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֨ה ו/ענו וְ/עֻנִּ֧י אֲחֵי/הֶ֛ם לְ/נֶגְדָּ֖/ם לְ/מִשְׁמָרֽוֹת
English Translation
And in the tower, they answered, and their brothers were before them for the duties.
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Chapter 12 Context
1
Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the
son of Shealtiel, and Jesh...
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2
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
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Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
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Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
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Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
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6
Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
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7
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests
and of their brothers in the...
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8
Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah,
Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the...
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9
Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according
to their offices.
10
Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father
of Eliashib, and Eliashib became...
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11
and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father
of Jaddua.
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12
In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households:
of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah,...
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13
of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
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of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
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of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
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of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
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of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
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of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
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of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
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of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
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of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
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22
As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan,
and Jaddua, there were recorded the he...
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23
The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the
book of the chronicles, even unt...
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24
The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son
of Kadmiel, with their brothers...
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25
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers
keeping the watch at th...
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26
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak,
and in the days of Nehemiah...
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27
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the
Levites out of all their places, to brin...
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28
The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the
plain around Jerusalem and fro...
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29
also from Beth Gilgal and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for
the singers had built themselv...
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30
The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified
the people, the gates, and the wa...
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31
Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and appointed
two great companies who gave thank...
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32
and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah,
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and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
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Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
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and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan,
the son of Shemaiah, the...
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36
and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel,
Judah, and Hanani, with the mu...
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37
By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs
of David’s city, at the asc...
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38
The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them,
and I after them, with the half of the...
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39
and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish
gate, the tower of Hananel, and...
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40
So the two companies of those who gave thanks in God (Elohim)’s house stood,
and I and the half of t...
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41
and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,
and Hananiah, with trump...
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42
and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam,
and Ezer. The singers sang loud,...
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43
They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God (Elohim) had made
them rejoice with gr...
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44
On that day, men were appointed over the rooms for the treasures,
for the wave offerings, for the fi...
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45
They performed the duty of their God (Elohim) and the duty of the purification,
and so did the singe...
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46
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the
singers, and songs of praise and...
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47
All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave
the portions of the singers an...
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