Ezra 8:19
“And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;”
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Cross-References
“After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.”
“Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,”
“The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.”
“The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.”
“The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.”