Ezra 8:19-21

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹ also Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah of the descendants of Merari, with his kin and their sons, twenty; ²⁰ besides two hundred twenty of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.

Fasting and Prayer for Protection

²¹ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might deny ourselves^[a] before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.