These sought the register of their birth, and found none, therefore were they put from the priesthood.

After this, the non-Israeli inhabitants of the land undermined the people of Judah, harassing them in their construction work

We are making known to the king that, if this city be builded and the walls finished, by this means a portion beyond the river thou hast none.'

And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before thee because of this.

Now among the sons of the priests who had married foreign women were found: of the sons of Jeshua [the high priest] the son of Jozadak, and his brothers—Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.