15 And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni; 16 and Shabbethai and (A)Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over (B)the outside work of the house of God; 17 and (C)Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader of the praise,[a] who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in (D)the holy city were 284.

19 The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 11:17 Compare Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew beginning

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