10. of the descendants of Bani, Shelomoth, son of Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males;
11. of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah, son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;
12. of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan, son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males;
13. of the descendants of Adonikam, younger sons, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males;
14. of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai, son of Zakkur, and with him seventy males.
15. I assembled them by the river that flows toward Ahava, where we camped for three days. There I perceived that both laymen and priests were present, but I could not discover a single Levite.
16. So I sent for discerning leaders, Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam,
17. with a command for Iddo, the leader in the place Casiphia, instructing them what to say to Iddo and his kinsmen, and to the temple servants in Casiphia, in order to procure for us ministers for the house of our God.