Nehemiah 12:12-21

Then Nehemiah recorded the names of the most important priests at his own time. These men were the heads of the families of the priests when he was the ruler of *Judah. Joiakim was the chief priest. Most of the family names are the same as those of Zerubbabel’s time when Jeshua was the chief priest (Nehemiah 12:1-7). The priests clearly used the same family names. It was important for them to know to which family they belonged.

v22 The people made records of the heads of the *Levite families and the families of the priests. And they continued to make these records during the time of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua. These records ended when Darius was king of Persia. v23 And the people recorded the heads of the families of the *descendants of Levi until the time of Johanan. He was the grandson of Eliashib.

v24 The leaders of the *Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua who was the son of Kadmiel. They and their companions who stood opposite them praised God. And they thanked God. One side praised God and then the other side praised him. That was the command of David, the man of God.

v25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub guarded the gates. And they guarded the store rooms by the gates. v26 These people lived at the time of Joiakim. Joiakim was the son of Jeshua and was the grandson of Jozadak. At that time, Nehemiah was the chief officer and Ezra was the priest and teacher.