17. of Aḇiyah, Ziḵri, son of Minyamin; of Mo‛aḏyah, Piltai;
18. of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemayah, Yehonathan;
19. of Yoyariḇ, Mattenai; of Yeḏayah, Uzzi;
20. of Sallai, Qallai; of Amoq, Ěḇer;
21. of Ḥilqiyah, Ḥashaḇyah. And of Yeḏayah, Nethanĕ’l.
22. The Lĕwites and priests in the days of Elyashiḇ, Yoyaḏa, Yoḥanan, and Yaddua, were recorded heads of their fathers’ houses, also the priests in the reign of Dareyawesh the Persian.
23. The sons of Lĕwi, the heads of the fathers’ houses until the days of Yoḥanan son of Elyashiḇ, were written in the book of the annals.
24. And the heads of the Lĕwites were Ḥashaḇyah, Shĕrĕḇyah, and Yĕshua son of Qaḏmi’ĕl, with their brothers opposite them, to praise, to give thanks, watch opposite watch, according to the command of Dawiḏ the man of Elohim.
25. Mattanyah, and Baqbuqyah, Oḇaḏyah, Meshullam, Talmon, Aqquḇ were gatekeepers guarding at the storerooms of the gates.
26. These were in the days of Yoyaqim son of Yĕshua, son of Yotsaḏaq, and in the days of Neḥemyah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
27. And at the dedication of the wall of Yerushalayim they sought out the Lĕwites in all their places, to bring them to Yerushalayim to perform the dedication with gladness, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, cymbals, harps and lyres.
28. And the sons of the singers gathered together from the countryside around Yerushalayim, from the villages of the Netophathites,