•••• Vnder Iddo, Zacharie: vnder Ge••¦thon, Mesullam:
17 Vnder Abia, Zichri: vnder Munamin, and Moadia, Piltai:
18 Vnder Belga, Sammua: vnder Se¦maia, Iehonathan:
••9 Vnder Ioiarib, Mathena••: vnder Ia∣daia, Vzzi:
20 Vnder Selai, Kellai: vnder Amok, Eber:
[unspec D] 21 Vnder Helchia, Hasabia: vnder Ia∣daia, Nathanael.
22 And in the time of Eliasib, Ioiada, Io∣hanan, and Iadua, were the chiefe fa∣thers among the Leuites & the priestes written, in the raigne of Darius the Persian.
23 The children of Leui the principall fa∣thers, were written in the cronicles, vn∣till the time of Ionathan the sonne of Eliasib.
24 And these were the chiefe among the Leuites: Hasabia, Serebia, and Iesua the sonne of Cadmiel, and their brethren in their presence, to geue prayse and thankes, according as Dauid the man of God had ordeyned it, one watch ouer a∣gainst another.
25 Mathania, Bacbukia, Obadia, Mesul∣lam, Talmon, and Accub, were porters in the watch at the thresholdes of the gates.
26 These were in the dayes of Ioiakim the sonne of Iesua, the sonne of Iose∣dec, and in the dayes of Nehemia the captayne, & of the priest Esdras the scribe.
27 And in the dedication of the wall at Hierusalem they sought the Leuites out of all their places, that they might be brought to Hierusalem, to kepe the dedi∣cation and gladnesse with thankesge∣uinges, & singing, with cymbales, psal∣teries, and harpes.
[unspec E] 28 And the children of the singers gathe∣red them selues together from euery side, out of the playne countrey about Hierusalem, and from the villages of Nethophathi,
29 From the house of Gilgal, and out of the countreys of Geba, and Asmaueth: for the singers had buylded them vil∣lages round about Hierusalem.
30 And the priestes and Leuites were pu∣rified, & clensed the people, & the gates, and the wall.
31 And I brought the princes of Iuda vpon the wall, and appoynted two great quyers of men to geue thankes, whiche went on the right hande of the wall to∣warde the doung gate.
32 And after them went Hosaia, and halfe of the princes of Iuda,
33 And Asaria, Esdras, and Mesullam,
34 Iuda, Beniamin, Semeia, & Iereim,
35 And certayne of the priestes children, with trumpettes: namely Zacharie the sonne of Ionathan, the sonne of Se∣meia, the sonne of Mathania, the sonne of Michaia, the sonne of Zaccur, the sonne of Asaph,
36 And his brethren, Semeia, Asarael, [unspec F] Melalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nathanael, and Iuda, and Hanani, with the musicall in∣strumentes of Dauid the man of God: And Esdras the scribe went before them.
37 And beside the wel gate, they went vp ouer against them vpon the steppes of the citie of Dauid at the goyng vp of the wall, beyonde the house of Dauid, vnto the water gate eastwarde.
38 The other quyer of them that gaue thankes went ouer against them, and I after them, and the halfe part of the people vpon the wall beyond the for¦nace gate, vntill the brode wall,
39 And beyonde the port of Ephraim, and beyonde the old gate, beyonde the fishe gate, and the towre of Hanancel, & the towre of Mea, euen vnto the sheepe gate and they stoode still in the prison gate,
40 And so stoode the two quyers of them that gaue thankes in the house of God, and I, & the halfe of the rulers with me.
41 And the priestes, namely Eliakim, Maasia, Miniamin, Michaia, Elionai, Zachari, & Hanania, with trumpettes:
42 And Maasia, Semeia, Eleaser, Vzzi, Iehohanan, Melchiah, Elam, & Ezer: And the singers sange loude, hauing Iesrahiah for their ouersear.
43 And the same day they offered great [unspec G] sacrifices, and reioyced: for God had ge∣uen them great gladnesse, so that both the wiues & children were ioyfull, & the mirth of Hierusalē was hearde farre of.
44 At the same time were the men ap∣poynted ouer the treasure houses, wher∣in were the heaue offeringes, the first∣linges, and the tythes, that they shoulde gather them out of the fieldes about the cities, to distribute them vnto the priestes and Leuites according to the lawe: for Iuda was glad of the priestes and Leuites that serued.