Nehemiah 12:23-25

Jubilee Bible 2000

²³ The sons of Levi, heads of families, were written in the book of the chronicles, until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

²⁴ The heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, and their brethren before them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the statute of David, the man of God, keeping each one their ward.

²⁵ Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.