Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen.

the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab): 2,812;

the men of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth: 743;

The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua): 973;

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles were building a temple for the Lord God of Israel,

The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

A proclamation was circulated throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles were to be assembled in Jerusalem.

From the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.

The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;

The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua), 973;

On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.

Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.

The leaders of the people were as follows: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men.

The singers were also assembled from the district around Jerusalem and from the settlements of the Netophathites

So the king issued orders for this to be done. A law was passed in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.

Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord – and Satan also arrived among them.

It looks on every haughty being; it is king over all that are proud.”

The king says, “I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me: ‘You are my son! This very day I have become your father!