Nehemiah 12:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² In the days of Joiakim the priests, the heads of the ancestral houses, were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers' houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

Common English Bible

¹² These were the heads of the priestly families in the days of Joiakim: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And in the days of Joiakim, the priests and the leaders of the families were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And in the days of Joacim the priests and heads of the families were: Of Saraia, Maraia: of Jeremias, Hanania:

Nehemiah 12:12 Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:12

He said to them, “You are the heads of families of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your kindred, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 24:4

Since more chief men were found among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar, they organized them under sixteen heads of ancestral houses of the sons of Eleazar and eight of the sons of Ithamar.

Nehemiah 12:11

Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua.

Nehemiah 12:13

of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

Nehemiah 12:22

As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of ancestral houses, also the priests until the reign of Darius the Persian.