son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,
Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests. Shavsha was scribe.
The king appointed Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, over the army in his place; Zadok the priest the king put in place of Abiathar.
After these events, during the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra, son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,
son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,
