King James Version (KJV)

Nehemiah 11:17

“And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, [was] the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.”

Verse in context — Nehemiah 11

15

Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

16

And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, [had] the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

17

And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, [was] the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

18

All the Levites in the holy city [were] two hundred fourscore and four.

19

Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, [were] an hundred seventy and two.

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