15 Firstly, I gathered them near the river that goes to Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I interviewed the people and the priests and discovered that we didn’t have any Levites included in the group. 16 So I summoned the following leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemayah, Elnatan, Yarib, a second Elnatan, Natan, Zekaryah, and Meshullam, as well as the wise men: Yoyariv and a third Elnatan. 17 I commanded them to go to Iddo, the leader at Kasifya, and I told them to tell Iddo and his relatives (temple servants in Kasifya) to send us some Levites who would go to Yerushalem to serve in our god’s temple. 18 Then since we had God’s favour, they sent us a talented man (from the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Yisrael) and eighteen of his sons and other relatives. 19 They also sent Hashavyah and Yeshayah (from Merari’s sons), and their relatives and sons—some twenty men—20 plus two hundred and twenty descendants of Levite temple servants that King David and his officials had appointed for service—all designated by name.