10. Joshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,
11. Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua.
12. In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of Seraiah’s family, Meraiah; of Jeremiah’s, Hananiah;
13. of Ezra’s, Meshullam; of Amariah’s, Jehohanan;
14. of Malluk’s, Jonathan; of Shekaniah’s, Joseph;
15. of Harim’s, Adna; of Meremoth’s, Helkai;
16. of Iddo’s, Zechariah; of Ginnethon’s, Meshullam;
17. of Abijah’s, Zikri; of Miniamin’s and of Moadiah’s, Piltai;
18. of Bilgah’s, Shammua; of Shemaiah’s, Jehonathan;
19. of Joiarib’s, Mattenai; of Jedaiah’s, Uzzi;
20. of Sallu’s, Kallai; of Amok’s, Eber;
21. of Hilkiah’s, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah’s, Nethanel.
22. The family heads of the Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua, as well as those of the priests, were recorded in the reign of Darius the Persian.
23. The family heads among the descendants of Levi up to the time of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the book of the annals.
24. And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their associates, who stood opposite them to give praise and thanksgiving, one section responding to the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
25. Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
26. They served in the days of Joiakim son of Joshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law.
27. At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres.
28. The musicians also were brought together from the region around Jerusalem—from the villages of the Netophathites,
29. from Beth Gilgal, and from the area of Geba and Azmaveth, for the musicians had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.