9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Ama´sai, and Joel the son of Azari´ah, of the sons of the Ko´hathites: and of the sons of Mera´ri; Kish the son of Abdi, and Azari´ah the son of Jehal´elel: and of the Ger´shonites; Jo´ah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Jo´ah:
13 and of the sons of Eliza´phan; Shimri, and Je-i´el: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechari´ah, and Mattani´ah:
14 and of the sons of Heman; Jehi´el, and Shim´e-i: and of the sons of Jedu´thun; Shemai´ah, and Uz´zi-el.
15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.