1. These were the heads of their families and the register of those returnees from Babylonia who came up with me in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
2. From the descendants of Phinehas: Gershom. From the descendants of Ithamar: Daniel. From the descendants of David: Hattush.
3. From the descendants of Shecaniah, from the descendants of Parosh: Zechariah and with him one hundred and fifty registered males.
4. From the descendants of Pahath-Moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and with him two hundred males.
5. From the descendants of Zattu: Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
6. From the descendants of Adin: Ebed son of Jehonathan, and with him fifty males.
7. From the descendants of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
8. From the descendants of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty males.
9. From the descendants of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
10. From the descendants of Bani: Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males.
11. From the descendants of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.
12. From the descendants of Azgad: Jehohanan son of Haqqatan, and with him one hundred and ten males.
13. From the descendants of Adonikam, those who came last, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.
14. From the descendants of Bigvai: Uthai son of Zabud, and with him seventy males.
15. I gathered them by the river that goes to Ahava and we camped there for three days. And I looked at the people and the priests, I found no one there from the sons of Levi.
16. And I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were family heads, and for Jehoiarib and Elnathan who were wise.