Now in the daysof Joiakim,the priests,the headsof fathers'[households] were: of Seraiah,Meraiah;of Jeremiah,Hananiah;
and saidto them, "You are the headsof the fathers'[households] of the Levites;consecrateyourselves both you and your relatives,that you may bringup the arkof the LORDGodof Israelto [the place] that I have preparedfor it.
Since morechiefmenwere foundfrom the descendantsof Eleazarthanthe descendantsof Ithamar,they dividedthem thus: [there were] sixteenheadsof fathers'householdsof the descendantsof Eleazarand eightof the descendantsof Ithamar,according to their fathers'households.
and Joiadabecamethe fatherof Jonathan,and Jonathanbecamethe fatherof Jaddua.
of Ezra,Meshullam;of Amariah,Jehohanan;
As for the Levites,the headsof fathers'[households] were registeredin the daysof Eliashib,Joiada,and Johananand Jaddua;so [were] the priestsin the reignof Dariusthe Persian.
