from the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;

from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;

from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;

from the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;

From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

From the singers: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

From the descendants of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.

Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house.

the descendants of Azgad, 2,322;

The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;

the descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;

The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodaviah), 74.

Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

So Mordecai set out to do everything that Esther had instructed him.

They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception.”

Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”