6. of Adin, Ebed, Jonathan’s son and with him 50 men;
7. of Elam, Jeshaiah, Athaliah’s son and with him 70 men;
8. of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, Michael’s son and with him 80 men;
9. of Joab, Obadiah, Jehiel’s son and with him 218 men;
10. of Bani, Shelomith, Josiphiah’s son and with him 160 men;
11. of Bebai, Zechariah, Bebai’s son and with him 28 men;
12. of Azgad, Johanan, Hakkatan’s son and with him 110 men;
13. of the last of Adonikam, namely Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah and with them 60 men;
14. of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur and with them were 70 men.
15. I gathered them by the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped for three days.As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found no Levites there.
16. So I called for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, all leaders, together with Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise.
17. I sent them to Iddo, the leader at the place named Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his colleagues the temple servants at Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for God’s house.
18. Because we were favored by God, they brought us Sherebiah, a skillful man of the family of Mahli, Levi’s son and Israel’s grandson, together with his sons and relatives so that there were eighteen in total.
19. They also brought us Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah of the family of Merari, together with his relatives and their sons so that there were twenty in total.
20. In addition, there were two hundred twenty temple servants whom David and the princes had appointed to serve the Levites. These were all recorded by name.
21. Then I called for a fast there at the Ahava River so that we might submit before our God and ask of him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.