12 Tinhloko temindeni yebaphristi ngetikhatsi taJoyakimi betime kanje: kaSeraya bekunguMeraya, kaJeremiya kunguHananiya.
Wakhuluma kubo watsi: “Nine nibaholi bemindeni yemaLevi. Ngini nalamanye emaLevi lekufanele nitihlambulule nibe ngcwele, bese niletsa lelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, nilimikise kulendzawo lesengiyilungiselele lona.
Linani lelikhulu lebaholi latfolakala kubendlu yaka-Eleyazare kunalabo lababetfolakala ka-Ithamari, behlukaniswa njengemfanelo. Lababetfolakala ka-Eleyazare baholi baba li-16, kwatsi baka-Ithamari baba siphohlongo, tinhloko temindeni letatibatukulu.
Joyada watala Jonathani, Jonathani watala Jaduya.
Ka-Ezra bekunguMeshulamu, ka-Amariya kunguJehohanani.
Tinhloko temindeni yemaLevi ngetikhatsi tabo-Eliyashibi, naJoyada, naJohanani, naJaduya kanye naleto tebaphristi taze tabhalwa ngesikhatsi sekubusa kwaDariyusi wasePheresiya.