Nehemiah 12:25-27

New King James Version

²⁵ Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storerooms of the gates. ²⁶ These lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of ^[a]Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah ^(A)the governor, and of Ezra the priest, ^(B)the scribe.

Nehemiah Dedicates the Wall

²⁷ Now at ^(C)the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, ^(D)both with thanksgivings and singing, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps.