Nehemiah 12:22

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.”

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BSBPD

“In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’houses; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, are written, heads of fathers, and of the priests, in the kingdom of Darius the Persian.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Nehemiah 12:22 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Nehemiah 12:10Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
  2. Nehemiah 12:11Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.

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