1. Now 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:
2. of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;
3. of the sons of Shecaniah who was of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah and with him 150 males who were in the genealogical list;
4. of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and 200 males with him;
5. of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel and 300 males with him;
6. and of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan and 50 males with him;
7. and of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 males with him;
8. and of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael and 80 males with him;
9. of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 males with him;
10. and of the sons of Bani, Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah and 160 males with him;
11. and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 males with him;
12. and of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 males with him;
13. and of the sons of Adonikam, the last ones, these being their names, Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and 60 males with them;
14. and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and 70 males with them.
15. Now I assembled them at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I did not find any Levites there.
16. So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, teachers.
17. I sent them to Iddo the leading man at the place Casiphia; and I told them what to say to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that is, to bring ministers to us for the house of our God.