Nehemiah 12:34-36
12:34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
12:35 some of the priests 1 with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,
12:36 and his colleagues – Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani – with musical instruments of 2 David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.) 3
1 tn Heb “some of the sons of the priests.”
2 tn Or “prescribed by” (NIV, NLT); TEV “of the kind played by.” The precise relationship of these musical instruments to David is not clear.
3 tn Heb “was before them.”