¹⁹ They also sent Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and twenty of his sons and brothers,

The Levite Clans

^16 [a]The sons of Levi were Gershon,^[b] Kohath, and Merari.

The Priestly Line

6 ^[a]The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

¹¹ Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

¹⁷ Next to him, repairs were made by a group of Levites working under the supervision of Rehum son of Bani. Then came Hashabiah, the leader of half the district of Keilah, who supervised the building of the wall on behalf of his own district.

¹⁹ The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi.

The following were the Levite clans, listed according to their ancestral descent: