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## Nehemiah 12:1-11 in Context (Verses 1–14 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/1) Now these *are* the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
 
 [2 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/2) Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,*
 
 [3 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/3) Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,***
 
 [4 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/4) Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,*
 
 [5 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/5) Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,**
 
 [6 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/6) Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
 
 [7 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/7) Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These *were* the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.*
 
 [8 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/8) Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, *and* Mattaniah, *which was* over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.*
 
 [9 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/9) Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, *were* over against them in the watches.
 
 [10 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/10) ¶ And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
 
 [11 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/11) And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/12) And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
 
 [13 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/13) Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
 
 [14 ](/kjv/nehemiah/12/14) Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
 
[Nehemiah 11](/kjv/nehemiah/11) [Nehemiah 13](/kjv/nehemiah/13)

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