Ezra 8:1-20

1These 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 King Artaxerxes:

2of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;

3of the sons of Shecaniah who was of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men by genealogy;

4of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, with 200 men;

5of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, with 300 men;

6of the sons of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, with 50 men;

7of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, with 70 men;

8of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, with 80 men;

9of the sons of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, with 218 men;

10of the sons of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, with 160 men;

11of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, with 28 men;

12of the sons of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, with 110 men;

13of the sons of Adonikam, the last to come, their names are Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, with 60 men;

14and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, with 70 men.

15Now I gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days. I observed the people and the priests, and I did not find any Levites there.

16So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, [who were] leading men, and also for Joiarib and Elnathan, [who were] teachers.

17And I sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that is, to bring us servants (ministers) for the house of our God.

18And as the good hand of our God was upon us, they brought us a man of understanding (insight) from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, named Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers (relatives), 18 men;

19and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his brothers (relatives) and their sons, 20 men;

20also 220 of the temple servants, whom David and the leaders had set apart [with their descendants] for the service of the Levites. They were all designated by name.