Ezra 8:22-24

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²² For I was ashamed to request of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy along the way, because we had told the king, The hand of our God is upon all them for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.

²³ So we fasted and besought our God for this, and He heard our entreaty.

²⁴ Then I set apart twelve leading priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen,