and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.

besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.

and by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women.