1. These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
2. of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; of the descendants of David, Hattush
3. of the descendants of Shekaniah; of the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;
4. of the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;
5. of the descendants of Zattu, Shekaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;
6. of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;
7. of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
8. of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;
9. of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;
10. of the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;
11. of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
12. of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;
13. of the descendants of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;
14. of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zakkur, and with them 70 men.
15. I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there three days. When I checked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites there.
16. So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of learning,