1. Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
2. Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom.Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel.Of the sons of David, Hattush.
3. Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty.
4. Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.
5. Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
6. Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
7. Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.
8. Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.
9. Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred eighteen males.
10. Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred sixty males.
11. Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.
12. Of the sons of Azgad, Yochanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males.
13. Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last; and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.
14. Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
15. I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I looked around at the people and the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi.
16. Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, for Elnathan, for Jarib, for Elnathan, for Nathan, for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib and for Elnathan, who were teachers.
17. I sent them out to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo, and his brothers the temple servants, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
18. According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;