Quotes About Records

We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.

Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.

the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

the descendants of Zaccai, 760;

the descendants of Azgad, 2,322;

the descendants of Adin, 655;

the descendants of Hashum, 328;

the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

the descendants of Harim, 320;

and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.

the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Shalmai,

the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephushesim,

the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,

the descendants of Bazlith, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,

the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.

As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.

That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.