Ezr 8:1-20 | NASB2020 | STEP | 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 :

Ezra 8:1-20

People Who Went with Ezra

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, ^aHattush; 3 of the sons of Shecaniah who was of the sons of ^bParosh, 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 two hundred males with him; 5 of the sons of ^{▼▼As in LXX; MT omits Zattu}Zattu, Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel and three hundred males with him; 6 and of the sons of ^dAdin, Ebed the son of Jonathan and fifty males with him; 7 and of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and seventy males with him; 8 and of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael and eighty 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 ^{▼▼As in LXX; MT omits Bani}Bani, Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah and 160 males with him; 11 and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai and twenty-eight 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, ^{▼▼Or Jeuel}Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and sixty males with them; 14 and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and ^{▼▼Or Zakkur}Zabbud, and seventy males with ^{▼▼Or him}them.

Ezra Sends for Levites

15 Now I assembled them at ⁱthe river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I paid close attention to the people and the priests, I ^jdid not find any Levites there. 16 So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, ^{▼▼Lit heads}leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, teachers. 17 And I sent them to Iddo the ^{▼▼Lit head}leading man at the place called Casiphia; and I ^{▼▼Lit put words in their mouth to say}told them what to say to ^{▼▼As in LXX; MT Iddo his brother}Iddo and his brothers, ^othe temple servants at the place Casiphia, that is, to bring ministers to us for the house of our God. 18 ^pAnd as the good hand of our God was upon us, they brought us a ^qman of insight from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, and his sons and brothers, eighteen men; 19 and Hashabiah and ^{▼▼As in LXX; MT with him Jeshaiah}Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, twenty men; 20 and 220 of ^sthe temple servants, whom David and the officials had provided for the service of the Levites, all of them designated by name.