Ezra 8:1–20

THOSE RETURNING WITH EZRA

8These are the family heads and the genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:^r

²Gershom, from Phinehas’s descendants;

Daniel, from Ithamar’s descendants;

Hattush, from David’s descendants,

³who was of Shecaniah’s descendants;^s

Zechariah, from Parosh’s^t descendants,

and 150 men with him who were registered by genealogy;

⁴Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah

from Pahath-moab’s descendants,^u

and 200 men with him;

⁵Shecaniah son of Jahaziel

from Zattu’s descendants,

and 300 men with him;

⁶Ebed son of Jonathan

from Adin’s descendants,^v

and 50 men with him;

⁷Jeshaiah son of Athaliah

from Elam’s descendants,

and 70 men with him;

⁸Zebadiah son of Michael

from Shephatiah’s descendants,

and 80 men with him;

⁹Obadiah son of Jehiel

from Joab’s descendants,

and 218 men with him;

¹⁰Shelomith son of Josiphiah

from Bani’s descendants,

and 160 men with him;

¹¹Zechariah son of Bebai

from Bebai’s descendants,

and 28 men with him;

¹²Johanan son of Hakkatan

from Azgad’s descendants,

and 110 men with him;

¹³these are the last ones, from Adonikam’s descendants,^a

and their names are

Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah,

and 60 men with them;

¹⁴Uthai and Zaccur^B

from Bigvai’s descendants,

and 70 men with them.

¹⁵I gathered them at the river^C that flows to Ahava,^b and we camped there for three days. I searched among the people and priests, but found no Levites^c there. ¹⁶Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam,^d as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan. ¹⁷I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for^D him and his brothers, the temple servants^e at Casiphia, that they should bring us ministers for the house of our God. ¹⁸Since the gracious hand of our God was on us,^f they brought us Sherebiah^g—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Levi son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men, ¹⁹plus Hashabiah,^h along with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men. ²⁰There were also 220 of the temple servants,ⁱ who had been appointed by David and the leaders for the work of the Levites. All were identified by name.