1Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he…
2And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of…
3Now therefore let us make a covenant with…
4Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we…
5Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests,…
6Then Ezra rose up from before the house…
7And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem…
8And that whosoever would not come within three…
9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin…
10And Ezra the priest stood up, and said…
11Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God…
12Then all the congregation answered and said with…
13But the people are many, and it is…
14Let now our rulers of all the congregation…
15Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah…
16And the children of the captivity did so.…
17And they made an end with all the…
18And among the sons of the priests there…
19And they gave their hands that they would…
20And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and…
21And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and…
22And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah,…
23Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and…
24Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the…
25Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh;…
26And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah,…
27And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib,…
28Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah,…
29And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch,…
30And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and…
31And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah,…
32Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
33Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad,…
34Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and…
35Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
38And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
39And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
40Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
41Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad,…
44All these had taken strange wives: and some…
