1-14. These are the family heads and those who signed up to go up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:From the family of Phinehas: GershomFamily of Ithamar: DanielFamily of David: HattushFamily of ShecaniahFamily of Parosh: Zechariah, and with him 150 men signed upFamily of Pahath-Moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and 200 menFamily of Zattu: Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and 300 menFamily of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan, and 50 menFamily of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and 70 menFamily of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, and 80 menFamily of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and 218 menFamily of Bani: Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and 160 menFamily of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, and 28 menFamily of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan, and 110 menFamily of Adonikam (bringing up the rear): their names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, Shemaiah, and 60 menFamily of Bigvai: Uthai and Zaccur, and 70 men.
15-17. I gathered them together at the canal that runs to Ahava. We camped there three days. I looked them over and found that they were all laymen and priests but no Levites. So I sent for the leaders Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, and for the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan. I then sent them to Iddo, who is head of the town of Casiphia, and told them what to say to Iddo and his relatives who lived there in Casiphia: “Send us ministers for The Temple of God.”
18-20. Well, the generous hand of our God was on us, and they brought back to us a wise man from the family of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel. His name was Sherebiah. With sons and brothers they numbered eighteen. They also brought Hashabiah and Jeshaiah of the family of Merari, with brothers and their sons, another twenty. And then there were 220 temple servants, descendants of the temple servants that David and the princes had assigned to help the Levites in their work. They were all signed up by name.