121 Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and Jeshua : Seraiah , Jeremiah , Ezra , 2 Amariah , Malluch , Hattush , 3 Shecaniah , Rehum , Meremoth , 4 Iddo , Ginnethoi , Abijah , 5 Mijamin , Maadiah , Bilgah , 6 Shemaiah and Joiarib , Jedaiah , 7 Sallu , Amok , Hilkiah and Jedaiah . These were the heads of the priests and their kinsmen in the days of Jeshua . 8 The Levites were Jeshua , Binnui , Kadmiel , Sherebiah , Judah , and Mattaniah who was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving , he and his brothers . 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni , their brothers , stood opposite them in their service divisions . 10 Jeshua became the father of Joiakim , and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib , and Eliashib became the father of Joiada , 11 and Joiada became the father of Jonathan , and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua . 12 Now in the days of Joiakim , the priests , the heads of fathers' households were: of Seraiah , Meraiah ; of Jeremiah , Hananiah ; 13 of Ezra , Meshullam ; of Amariah , Jehohanan ; 14 of Malluchi , Jonathan ; of Shebaniah , Joseph ; 15 of Harim , Adna ; of Meraioth , Helkai ; 16 of Iddo , Zechariah ; of Ginnethon , Meshullam ; 17 of Abijah , Zichri ; of Miniamin , of Moadiah , Piltai ; 18 of Bilgah , Shammua ; of Shemaiah , Jehonathan ; 19 of Joiarib , Mattenai ; of Jedaiah , Uzzi ; 20 of Sallai , Kallai ; of Amok , Eber ; 21 of Hilkiah , Hashabiah ; of Jedaiah , Nethanel . 22 As for the Levites , the heads of fathers' households were registered in the days of Eliashib , Joiada , and Johanan and Jaddua ; so were the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian . 23 The sons of Levi , the heads of fathers' households, were registered in the Book of the Chronicles e up to the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib . 24 The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah , Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel , with their brothers opposite them, to praise and give thanks , as prescribed by David the man of God , division corresponding to division . 25 Mattaniah , Bakbukiah , Obadiah , Meshullam , Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates . 26 These served in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua , the son of Jozadak , and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nehemiah 12:1-26
Commentary on Nehemiah 12:1-26
(Read Nehemiah 12:1-26)
It is a debt we owe to faithful ministers, to remember our guides, who have spoken to us the word of God. It is good to know what our godly predecessors were, that we may learn what we should be.