Nehemiah 12:35-37

Expanded Bible

³⁵ Some ·priests [^Lsons of priests] with trumpets also went, along with Zechariah son of Jonathan. (Jonathan was the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah. Mattaniah was the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur. Zaccur was the son of Asaph.) ³⁶ Zechariah’s ·relatives [colleagues; kinsmen; ^Lbrothers] also went. They were Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. These men played the musical instruments of David, the man of God, and Ezra the ·teacher [scribe] ·walked in front of [led] them. ³⁷ They went from the Fountain Gate straight up the steps ·to the highest part of the wall by the older part of the city [^Lof the City of David]. They ·went on [passed] above the ·house [palace] of David to the Water Gate on the east.