be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. 007:027 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem; 007:028 and has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. 008:001 Now these are the heads of their fathers' [houses], and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king: 008:002 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush. 008:003 Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty. 008:004 Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males. 008:005 Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males. 008:006 Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males. 008:007 Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males. 008:008 Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males. 008:009 Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 008:010 Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred sixty males. 008:011 Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males. 008:012 Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males. 008:013 Of the sons of Adonikam, [who were] the last; and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males. 008:014 Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males. 008:015 I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. 008:016 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, who were teachers. 008:017 I sent them forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo, [and] his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God. 008:018 According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi,