Ezra Calls the Leaders to Fast

¹⁵ I gathered them together at the river that flows toward Ahava,^[a] where we camped three days. Afterwards, I examined the people and the priests, but found no descendants of Levi there. ¹⁶ So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were senior leaders, as well as for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment. ¹⁷ I told them to go see Iddo, a leader of Casiphia, and tell him and his relatives (administrators of Casiphia) to bring us men who could serve in the Temple of our God. ¹⁸ By the grace^[b] of our God they brought back a discerning man from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Israel’s son Levi, along with Sherebiah and eighteen of his sons and brothers; ¹⁹ Hashabiah and Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari and 20 of his brothers and their sons; ²⁰ 220 descendants of the Temple Servants whom David and the leaders had appointed to serve the descendants of Levi, listed by name.