1 Esdras 9:13-15

Common English Bible

¹³ with the local elders and judges, until we are free from the Lord’s wrath that is against us in this affair.”

¹⁴ Jonathan, Asahel’s son, and Jahzeiah, Tikvah’s^[a] son, accepted these terms, and Meshullam and Levi and Shabbethai supported them as moderators. ¹⁵ Those who had returned from exile followed these recommendations in every respect.