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After (next to) him, the Levites made repairs – [under the leadership of] Rechum, son of Bani. And next to them, Hashabiah, prince of half the district of Keilah, repaired his section of the wall [the section of the wall protecting Keilah]. [Keila is located between Zanoah () and Beit-Tsur (), 30 km southwest of Jerusalem.]
Jeshua [], Bani [], Sherebja [], Jamin, Ackub, Shabbetai, Hodia [], Maaseiah [], Kelita [Neh. 10:10], Azariah [perhaps the same as in Neh. 10:2], Josabad [Neh. 11:16], Hanan [Neh. 10:10], Pelaja [] and the Levites taught the people the Torah [the five books of Moses] while the people stood there, each in his place. [Of these 13 Levites, 7 return and sign Nehemiah's letters, see .]
Jeshua and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebanja, Bunni, Sherebja, Bani, and Kenani went up to the platform of the Levites [the steps above them] and cried out with a loud voice to the Lord (Yahweh) their God (Elohim).
And the Levites Jeshua and [seven other Levites] Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneja, Sherebja, Hodia [], Shebanja, and Petachja [] said:
"Arise and praise the Lord (Yahweh) your God (Elohim),
from everlasting to everlasting!
Blessed be your glorious name,
which is exalted above all praise and honor.
Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
The leaders among the Levites in Jerusalem in the work of the house of God were Ussi, son of Bani, son of Hashabja, son of Mattaniah, son of Mic, of the sons of Asaph, the singers.
