15. Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.
16. But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men who were heads of fathers' households for each of their father's households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.
17. They finished investigating all the men who had married foreign wives by the first day of the first month.
18. Among the sons of the priests who had married foreign wives were found of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah.
19. They pledged to put away their wives, and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their offense.
20. Of the sons of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah;
21. and of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel and Uzziah;
22. and of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad and Elasah.
23. Of Levites there were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah and Eliezer.
24. Of the singers there was Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem and Uri.
25. Of Israel, of the sons of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah and Benaiah;
26. and of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth and Elijah;
27. and of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad and Aziza;
28. and of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai and Athlai;