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and who honored me in the sight of the king and his counselors and all his Friends and nobles.
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I was encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and I gathered men from Israel to go up with me."
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These are the leaders, according to their ancestral houses and their groups, who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
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Of the descendants of Phineas, Gershom. Of the descendants of Ithamar, Gamael. Of the descendants of David, Hattush son of Shecaniah.
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Of the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him a hundred fifty men enrolled.
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Of the descendants of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred men.
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Of the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred men. Of the descendants of Adin, Obed son of Jonathan, and with him two hundred fifty men.
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Of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Gotholiah, and with him seventy men.
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Of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zeraiah son of Michael, and with him seventy men.
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Of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred twelve men.
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Of the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred sixty men.