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23 The Levites, the heads of the ancestral houses, were registered in the Book of Chronicles,[a] up until the time of Johanan, the son of Eliashib.

24 The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, and their associates, while their brothers formed an alternate choir opposite them in fulfillment of the command of David, the man of God. 25 The alternate choir was composed of Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were the gatekeepers who guarded the storehouses at the gates.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 12:23 Chronicles: the reference is not to the biblical book of this name.