The sons of Levi, the heads of the fathers' houses, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Chronicles. Not those which are now extant: but some records which regarded the families of the priests. See 1 Esdras ii. 61.
The son, or grandson of Eliasib. The author refers to others records, ver. 26. (Calmet)