Nehemiah 12:26-28

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁶ These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe.

²⁷ And for the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites in all their places to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings, and with singing, cymbals, harps, and lyres.

²⁸ And the sons of the singers gathered together from the plain and circuit around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites,