He sent it with Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah. King Zedekiah of Judah had sent these men to Babylon to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. The letter said:

So I went and got Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah the grandson of Habazziniah, his brothers, all his sons, and all the rest of the Rechabite community.

Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim as king. He was elevated to the throne of the land of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the atrocities that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed.

Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah and all the people of every class, went to the prophet Jeremiah.

“Ask the following questions to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the remnant of the people:

In the eighth month of Darius’ second year, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:

Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;

Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.

Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”

Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.

Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.

When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.

She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.

She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan.

Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.

Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.

Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.