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Nehemiah 12:40

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So the two companies of those who gave thanks in God’s house stood, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

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Nehemiah 12:40 in other translations

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

Nehemiah 12:40 · American Standard Version

Nehemiah 12:40 in context

  1. 38The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even to the wide wall,
  2. 39and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.
  3. 40So the two companies of those who gave thanks in God’s house stood, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
  4. 41and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
  5. 42and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.