¹⁹ They also sent us Hashabiah, and with him his brother Jeshaiah of the descendants of Merari with his kinsmen and their sons, twenty men, ²⁰ and two hundred and twenty temple slaves whom David and the princes had assigned to serve the Levites, all of them enrolled by name.

²¹ Then I proclaimed a fast there by the River Ahava, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and pray that he would grant a successful journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.