“and his associates — Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani — with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.”
Nehemiah 12:36 (BSB)
Context Reading
34Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, 35and some of the priests with trumpets, and also Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, 36and his associates — Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani — with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession. 37At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east. 38The second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,