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of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males;
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of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males;
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of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males;
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of the sons of Shelomith, Ben-Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males;
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of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;
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of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males;
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of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these--Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah--and with them sixty males;
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also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
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Now I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.
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Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leaders; also for Joiarib and Elnathan, men of understanding.
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And I gave them a command for Iddo the chief man at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim at the place Casiphia--that they should bring us servants for the house of our God.