1 After this the leaders of the family houses were chosen to go up, according to their tribes, with their wives, sons, daughters, their male and female servants, and their farm animals.
2 Darius sent with them one thousand cavalry to restore them back in Jerusalem in peace. With the music of drums and flutes,
3 all of their Jewish relatives were celebrating. Darius commanded them to go along with them.
4 These are the names of the men in charge of their assigned groups, who went up according to their families in the tribes:
5 the priests, the sons of Phinehas son of Aaron; Jeshua son of Jozadak son of Seraiah, and Joakim son of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, from the house of David, from the family line of Phares, and from the tribe of Judah,