OnlyJonathanthe sonof Asaheland Jahzeiahthe sonof Tikvahopposedthis,with Meshullamand Shabbethaithe Levitesupportingthem.
"Let our leadersrepresentthe wholeassemblyand let allthose in our citieswho have marriedforeignwivescomeat appointedtimes,togetherwith the eldersand judgesof eachcity,untilthe fierceangerof our Godon accountof thismatteris turnedawayfrom us."
But the exilesdidso.And Ezrathe priestselectedmen[who were] headsof fathers'[households] for [each] [of] their father'shouseholds,allof them by name.So they convenedon the firstdayof the tenthmonthto investigatethe matter.
and of the sonsof Bani:Meshullam,Malluchand Adaiah,Jashub,Sheal[and] Jeremoth;
Magpiash,Meshullam,Hezir,
and Shabbethaiand Jozabad,from the leadersof the Levites,who were in chargeof the outsideworkof the houseof God;
with Azariah,Ezra,Meshullam,
Joiadathe sonof Paseahand Meshullamthe sonof Besodeiahrepairedthe OldGate;they laidits beamsand hungits doorswith its boltsand its bars.
