1Now when Esdras was thus praying, and beseeching,…
2And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the…
3Let us make a covenant with the Lord…
4Arise, it is thy part to give orders,…
5So Esdras arose, and made the chiefs of…
6And Esdras rose up from before the house…
7And proclamation was made in Juda and Jerusalem…
8And that whosoever would not come within three…
9Then all the men of Juda, and Benjamin…
10And Esdras the priest stood up, and said…
11And now make confession to the Lord the…
12And all the multitude answered and said with…
13But as the people are many, and it…
14Let rulers be appointed in all the multitude:…
15Then Jonathan the son of Azahel, and Jaasia…
16And the children of the captivity did so.…
17And they made an end with all the…
18And there were found among the sons of…
19And they gave their hands to put away…
20And of the sons of Emmer, Hanani, and…
21And of the sons of Harim, Maasia, and…
22And of the sons of Pheshur, Elioenai, Maasia,…
23And of the sons of the Levites, Jozabed,…
24And of the singing men, Elisiab: and of…
25And of Israel, of the sons of Pharos,…
26And of the sons of Elam, Mathania, Zacharias,…
27And of the sons of Zethua, Elioenai, Eliasib,…
28And of the sons of Babai, Johanan, Hanania,…
29And of the sons of Bani, Mosollam, and…
30And of the sons of Phahath, Moab, Edna,…
31And of the sons of Herem, Eliezer, Josue,…
32Benjamin, Maloch, Samarias.
33And of the sons of Hasom, Mathanai, Mathatha,…
34Of the sons of Bani, Maaddi, Amran, and…
35Baneas, and Badaias, Cheliau,
36Vania, Marimuth, and Eliasib,
37Mathanias, Mathania, and Jasi,
38And Bani, and Bennui, Semei,
39And Salmias, and Nathan, and Adaias,
40And Mechnedebai, Sisai, Sarai,
41Ezrel, and Selemiau, Semeria,
42Sellum, Amaria, Joseph.
43Of the sons of Nebo, Jehiel, Mathathias, Zabad,…
44All these had taken strange wives, and there…
