sonof Shallum,sonof Zadok,sonof Ahitub,
Zadokthe sonof Ahituband Ahimelechthe sonof Abiathar[were] priests,and Seraiah[was] secretary.
The kingappointedBenaiahthe sonof Jehoiadaoverthe armyin his place,and the kingappointedZadokthe priestin the placeof Abiathar.
Now afterthesethings,in the reignof Artaxerxeskingof Persia,[there went up] Ezrasonof Seraiah,sonof Azariah,sonof Hilkiah,
sonof Amariah,sonof Azariah,sonof Meraioth,