And these are the rulers of their families, and the genealogy of the ones ascending with me, in the kingdom of Artaxerxes the king of Babylon.
Of the sons of Phinehas Gershom; of of Ithamar Daniel; of of David Hattush;
of of Shechaniah of of Pharosh Zechariah, and with a hundred and fifty.
Of Pahath-moab Elihoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
Of Shechaniah son Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
Of the sons of Adin Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
Of the sons of Elam Jeshaiaih son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
Of the sons of Shephatiah Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty males.
Of the sons of Joab Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred eighteen males.
From the sons of Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred sixty males.
From the sons of Bebai Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.
From the sons of Azgad Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him, a hundred ten males.
Of the sons of Adonikam last, and these are the names of them Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.
Of the sons of Bigvai Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
And I gathered them to the river, the one coming to Ahava; and we camped there days And I perceived among the people, and among the priests, any found there.
And I sent Eleazar, Ariel, Shemaiah, and Elnathan, and Jarib Elnatham, Nathan, Zechariah, Meshullam, rulers; Joiarib, and Elnathan, ones perceiving.
And I gave charge to them to Iddo the ruler of Casiphia of the place. And I put in their mouths words to speak to Iddo, and to their brethren of the Nethinim, of the ones with of the place Casiphia, to bring to us ministers and singers into of our God.
And they came to us as the hand us, man from of Mahli, the son of Levi of Israel. And Sherebiah, and his sons, and his brethren eighteen.
And Hashabiah and Jeshaiah from the sons of Merari, his brethren and his sons twenty.
And from the Nethinim, whom David appointed and the rulers for service of the Levites Nethinim all these were named.
And I called there a fast at the river Ahava, to humble ourselves before our God, to seek by him way for us, and for our children, and our property.
For I was ashamed to ask from the king for a force and horsemen to deliver us from in the way; for we said to the king, saying, of our God all the ones seeking him for good, and his might and his rage all the ones abandoning him.
And we fasted and sought from our God concerning this; and he heeded us.
And I separated of Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them from their brethren ten.
And I set before them the silver and the gold, and the items of the first-fruit of the house of our God, which separated in dedication and his counselors, and his rulers, and all of Israel
And I set in their hands silver talents and vessels made of silver a hundred, and talents of gold a hundred;
and bowls and vessels of brass, shining, good quality, diverse, desirable as gold.
And I said to them, You God, and the vessels and the silver, and the gold to the God of our fathers.
Be awake and give heed until you set them before the rulers of the priests and the Levites, and rulers of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, in of the house of the lord!
And took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them into Jerusalem into of our God.
And we lifted away from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the month to come unto Jerusalem. And of our God was upon us, and he rescued us from of the enemy, and along the way.
And we came into Jerusalem, and we stayed there days
And on the day we set the silver, and the gold, and the vessels in of our God into of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest; and with him son of Phinehas; and with them son of Jeshua, and Noadiah son of Binnui the Levites.
By number and by weight all were measured; and was written down at that time.
ones coming out of the captivity, sons of the sojourn, brought whole burnt-offerings to the God of Israel; calves twelve for all Israel, rams ninety-six, lambs seventy-seven, winter yearlings of the goats for twelve; the whole amount to the
And they gave the mandate of the king to the administrators of the king, and chief rulers on the other side of the river; and they glorified the people, and the house of God.