Ezra 8:22-24

Revised Geneva Translation

²² For I was ashamed to require an army and horsemen of the king, to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The Hand of our God is upon all those who seek Him in goodness. But His power and His wrath is against all those who forsake Him.”

²³ So we fasted and sought our God for this. And He was entreated by us.

²⁴ Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,