Ezra 8:1-20

Ezra 8:1-20

[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 Pahathmoab;  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] 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  Nethinims:  all of them were expressed  by name.