Priests and Levites
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Now these are the a priests and the Levites who came up with b Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: c Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
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Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
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Iddo, Ginnethoi, d Abijah,
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Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
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Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
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Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah.
These were the heads of the priests and their brethren in the days of e Jeshua.
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Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah f who led the thanksgiving psalms, he and his brethren.
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Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, stood across from them in their duties.
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Jeshua begot Joiakim, Joiakim begot Eliashib, Eliashib begot Joiada,
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Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.
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Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the g heads of the fathers' houses were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
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of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
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of Melichu, 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; the son of Minjamin; 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; and of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
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During the reign of Darius the Persian, a record was also kept of the Levites and priests who had been h heads of their fathers' houses in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua.
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The sons of Levi, the heads of the fathers' houses until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib, were written in the book of the i chronicles.
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And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them, to j praise and give thanks, k group alternating with group, l according to the command of David the man of God.
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Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storerooms of the gates.
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These lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah m the governor, and of Ezra the priest, n the scribe.
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Cross References
Ezra 2:1
Now these are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city.
Ezra 2:2
Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
Ezra 7:7
Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
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Nehemiah 7:7
Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
Matthew 1:12
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel.
Matthew 1:13
Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor.
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Nehemiah 10:2 - 8
Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah.
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Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
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Ezra 3:2
Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
Haggai 1:1
In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying.
Zechariah 3:1
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him.
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Cross References
Nehemiah 11:17
Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer; Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
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Nehemiah 7:70
And some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments.
Nehemiah 7:71
Some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand gold drachmas, and two thousand two hundred silver minas.
Nehemiah 8:13
Now on the second day the heads of the fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to understand the words of the Law.
Nehemiah 11:13
And his brethren, heads of the fathers' houses, were two hundred and forty-two; and Amashai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer.
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1 Chronicles 24:6
And the scribe, Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, the leaders, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and Levites, one father's house taken for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.
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1 Chronicles 9:14 - 22
Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari.
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Nehemiah 11:17
Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer; Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
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Cross References
Ezra 3:11
And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD: "For He is good, For His mercy endures forever toward Israel." Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
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1 Chronicles 23:1
So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
Nehemiah 12:26
These lived 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.
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Nehemiah 8:9
And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.
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Cross References
Ezra 7:6
This Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
Ezra 7:11
This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest, the scribe, expert in the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of His statutes to Israel:
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