And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, another portion of the tower of ascent, where it meets the corner.

[And] there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and the sons of Kadmiel, Shebaniah the son of Sarabia, sons of Chenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

And the Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel

And the heads of the Levites [were] Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua; and the sons of Kadmiel, and their brothers over against them, were to sing hymns of praise, according to the commandment of David the man of God, course by course.

After him repaired the Levites, [even] Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, ruler of half the district round about Keilah, in his district.

[And] there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and the sons of Kadmiel, Shebaniah the son of Sarabia, sons of Chenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

Hodijah, the sons of Beninu.

[And] there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and the sons of Kadmiel, Shebaniah the son of Sarabia, sons of Chenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

Zacchur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

And the heads of the Levites [were] Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua; and the sons of Kadmiel, and their brothers over against them, were to sing hymns of praise, according to the commandment of David the man of God, course by course.

And they came to us, as the good hand of our God was upon us, even a man of understanding of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, and at the commencement came his sons and his brothers, eighteen [men].

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And the porters: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, a hundred and seventy-two.

When I gathered the porters,

and his brothers, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,

And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden stage, and there stood next to him Mattithiah, Shema, Hanani, Urijah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and at his left [stood] Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

And after him repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. And after him repaired Azariah son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah, [the parts] near to his house.

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And the singers were heard, and were numbered.

And of the sons of Pashur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

and his brothers, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

And of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (he [is] Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

And after him repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. And after him repaired Azariah son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah, [the parts] near to his house.

Seraiah, Azariah, and Jeremiah,

and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

And of the sons of Pashur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

And of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (he [is] Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

and his brothers, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

and his brothers, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

and to teach the children of Israel all the statutes, which the Lord spoke to them by Moses.

They shall declare Your ordinances to Jacob, and Your law to Israel; they shall place incense in [the time of] Your wrath continually upon Your altar.

And in the third year of his reign, he sent his chief men and his mighty men, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethaneel and Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

And they taught in Judah, and [there was] with them the Book of the Law of the Lord, and they passed through the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites, and those that had good understanding of the Lord, and they completely kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days, offering peace offerings, and confessing to the Lord God of their fathers.

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty.