Ezra 8:1–20

Those Returning with Ezra

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

²Gershom, from Phinehas’s descendants;

Daniel, from Ithamar’s descendants;

Hattush, from David’s descendants,

³who was of Shecaniah’s descendants; ^f

Zechariah, from Parosh’s ^gdescendants,

and 150 men ^hwith him who were registered by genealogy;

⁴Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah

from Pahath-moab’s descendants, ⁱ

and 200 men with him;

⁵Shecaniah ^json of Jahaziel

from Zattu’s descendants,

and 300 men with him;

⁶Ebed son of Jonathan

from Adin’s descendants, ^k

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 ^lson 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, ^m

and their names are:

Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah,

and 60 men with them;

¹⁴Uthai and Zaccur ⁿ

from Bigvai’s descendants,

and 70 men with them.

¹⁵I gathered them at the river ^othat flows to Ahava, ^pand we camped there for three days. I searched among the people and priests, but found no Levites ^qthere. ¹⁶Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, ^ras well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan. ¹⁷I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for ^shim and his brothers, the temple servants ^tat Casiphia, that they should bring us ministers for the house of our God. ¹⁸Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, ^uthey brought us Sherebiah ^v—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, ^walong with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men. ²⁰There were also 220 of the temple servants, ^xwho had been appointed by David and the leaders for the work of the Levites. All were identified by name.