1 Esdras 9:14

14 Then Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah accordingly took this matter upon them; and Meshullam and Levi and Shabbethai helped them.

1 Esdras 9:14 In-Context

12 therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all those of our habitations who have foreign wives come at the time appointed,

13 and with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter."

14 Then Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah accordingly took this matter upon them; and Meshullam and Levi and Shabbethai helped them.

15 And those who were of the captivity did according to all these things.

16 And Ezra the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name; and on the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.