Ezra 8:1-20

1Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households and the genealogical enrollment 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, 1Hattush; 3of the sons of Shecaniah who was of the sons of 2Parosh, Zechariah, and with him 150 males who were in the genealogical list; 4of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and two hundred males with him; 5of the sons of 3Zattu, Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel and three hundred males with him; 6and of the sons of 4Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan and fifty males with him; 7and of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and seventy males with him; 8and of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael and eighty males with him; 9of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 males with him; 10and of the sons of 5Bani, Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah and 160 males with him; 11and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai and twenty-eight males with him; 12and of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 males with him; 13and of the sons of Adonikam, the last ones, these being their names: Eliphelet, 6Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and sixty males with them; 14and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and 7Zabbud, and seventy males with 8them.

15Now I assembled them at 9the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I paid close attention to the people and the priests, I 10did not find any Levites there. 16So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, 11leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, teachers. 17And I sent them to Iddo the 12leading man at the place called Casiphia; and I 13told them what to say to 14Iddo and his brothers, 15the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that is, to bring ministers to us for the house of our God. 1816And as the good hand of our God was upon us, they brought us a 17man of insight from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, and his sons and brothers, eighteen men; 19and Hashabiah and 18Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, twenty men; 20and 220 of 19the temple servants, whom David and the officials had provided for the service of the Levites, all of them designated by name.