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the law to anyone who does not know it. Anyone who refuses to
obey the law of your God and the law of the king will be punished
immediately, either by death, banishment, confiscation of goods,
or imprisonment.”
Praise the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to
beautify the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem! And praise him for demonstrating such unfailing love to me by honoring me before the king, his
council, and all his mighty nobles! I felt encouraged because the gracious
hand of the Lord my God was on me. And I gathered some of the leaders
of Israel to return with me to Jerusalem.
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:
From the family of Phinehas: Gershom.
From the family of Ithamar: Daniel.
From the family of David: Hattush, a descendant of Shecaniah.
From the family of Parosh: Zechariah and 150 other men were
registered.
From the family of Pahath-moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and
200 other men.
From the family of Zattu: Shecaniah son of Jahaziel and 300 other
men.
From the family of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan and 50 other men.
From the family of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah and 70 other men.
From the family of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael and 80 other
men.
From the family of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel and 218 other men.
From the family of Bani: Shelomith son of Josiphiah and 160 other
men.
From the family of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai and 28 other men.
From the family of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan and 110 other
men.
From the family of Adonikam, who came later: Eliphelet, Jeuel,
Shemaiah, and 60 other men.
From the family of Bigvai: Uthai, Zaccur, and 70 other men.
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.
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. I sent them to Iddo,
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