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Here is a list of the family leaders and the genealogies of those who came with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
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From the family of Phinehas: Gershom. From the family of Ithamar: Daniel. From the family of David: Hattush,
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a descendant of Shecaniah. From the family of Parosh: Zechariah and 150 other men were registered.
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From the family of Pahath-moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and 200 other men.
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From the family of Zattu : Shecaniah son of Jahaziel and 300 other men.
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From the family of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan and 50 other men.
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From the family of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah and 70 other men.
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From the family of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael and 80 other men.
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From the family of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel and 218 other men.
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From the family of Bani : Shelomith son of Josiphiah and 160 other men.
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From the family of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai and 28 other men.
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From the family of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan and 110 other men.
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From the family of Adonikam, who came later : Eliphelet, Jeuel, Shemaiah, and 60 other men.
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From the family of Bigvai: Uthai, Zaccur, and 70 other men.
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I assembled the exiles at the Ahava Canal, and we camped there for three days while I went over the lists of the people and the priests who had arrived. I found that not one Levite had volunteered to come along.
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So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders of the people. I also sent for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment.
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I sent them to Iddo, the leader of the Levites at Casiphia, to ask him and his relatives and the Temple servants to send us ministers for the Temple of God at Jerusalem.
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Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, they sent us a man named Sherebiah, along with eighteen of his sons and brothers. He was a very astute man and a descendant of Mahli, who was a descendant of Levi son of Israel.
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They also sent Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and twenty of his sons and brothers,