1. These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that 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 Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

4. Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

5. Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

6. Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

7. And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

8. And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.

9. Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

10. And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.

11. And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.

12. And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.

13. And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

14. Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

15. And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

16. Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

17. And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

18. And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

19. And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

20. Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethi nims: all of them were expressed by name.

21. Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

22. For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

23. So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

24. Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

25. And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:

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Scripture is a browser-based reader for sixteen sacred texts spanning multiple religious and literary traditions. It provides chapter-by-chapter navigation, full-text search across all works, word concordance with frequency analysis, verse-linked notes, text-to-speech, and deep linking to any chapter or verse.

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