7:28. And hath inclined his mercy toward me before the king and his counsellors, and all the mighty princes of the king: and I being strengthened by the hand of the Lord my God, which was upon me, gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. 1 Esdras Chapter 8 The companions of Esdras. The fast which he appointed. They bring the holy vessels into the temple. 8:1. Now these are the chief of families, and the genealogy of them, who came up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. 8:2. Of the sons of Phinees, Gersom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattus. 8:3. Of the sons of Sechenias, the son of Pharos, Zacharias, and with him were numbered a hundred and fifty men. 8:4. Of the sons of Phahath Moab, Eleoenai the son of Zareha, and with him two hundred men. 8:5. Of the sons of Sechenias, the son of Ezechiel, and with him three hundred men. 8:6. Of the sons of Adan, Abed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty men. 8:7. Of the sons of Alam, Isaias the son of Athalias, and with him seventy men. 8:8. Of the sons of Saphatia: Zebodia the son of Michael, and with him eighty men. 8:9. Of the sons of Joab, Obedia the son of Jahiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen men. 8:10. Of the sons of Selomith, the son of Josphia, and with him a hundred and sixty men. 8:11. Of the sons of Bebai, Zacharias the son of Bebai: and with him eight and twenty men. 8:12. Of the sons of Azgad, Joanan the son of Eccetan, and with him a hundred and ten men. 8:13. Of the sons of Adonicam, who were the last: and these are their names: Eliphelet, and Jehiel, and Samaias, and with them sixty men. 8:14. Of the sons of Begui, Uthai and Zachur, and with them seventy men. 8:15. And I gathered them together to the river, which runneth down to Ahava, and we stayed there three days: and I sought among the people and among the priests for the sons of Levi, and found none there. 8:16. So I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Semeias, and Elnathan, and Jarib, and another Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zacharias, and Mosollam, chief men: and Joiarib, and Elnathan, wise men. 8:17. And I sent them to Eddo, who is chief in the place of Chasphia, and I put in their mouth the words that they should speak to Eddo, and his brethren the Nathinites in the place of Chasphia, that they should bring us ministers of the house of our God. 8:18. And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a most learned man of the sons of Moholi the son of Levi the son of Israel, and Sarabias and his sons, and his brethren eighteen, 8:19. And Hasabias, and with him Isaias of the sons of Merari, and his brethren, and his sons twenty. 8:20. And of the Nathinites, whom David, and the princes gave for the service of the Levites, Nathinites two hundred and twenty: all these were called by their names.