1Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping…
2Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the…
3Now therefore let’s make a covenant with our…
4Arise, for the matter belongs to you and…
5Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of…
6Then Ezra rose up from before God’s house,…
7They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem…
8and that whoever didn’t come within three days,…
9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin…
10Ezra the priest stood up and said to…
11Now therefore make confession to the LORD, the…
12Then all the assembly answered with a loud…
13But the people are many, and it is…
14Now let our princes be appointed for all…
15Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah…
16The children of the captivity did so. Ezra…
17They finished with all the men who had…
18Among the sons of the priests there were…
19They gave their hand that they would put…
20Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
21Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah,…
22Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael,…
23Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called…
24Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum,…
25Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah,…
26Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel,…
27Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah,…
28Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai,…
29Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah,…
30Of the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah,…
31Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah,…
32Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
33Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad,…
34Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,
35Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu,
38Bani, Binnui, Shimei,
39Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
40Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
41Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad,…
44All these had taken foreign wives. Some of…
