Then rose I by night, I, and a few men with me, I having told no man, what, my God, had been putting in my heart, to do for Jerusalem, - and, beast, was there none with me, save the beast on which, I myself, was riding.

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.

So I sent to him saying, "None of these words you have spoken has happened. You are indeed saying [things] created in your own mind"--

They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.

As for their children, half spoke in the language of Ashdod, and none of them was able to speak the language of Judah, but the language of his own people.