12:22 As for the Levites, 1 in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian. 12:23 The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles 2 as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.
1 tn Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text.
2 tn Or “the Book of the Annals” (so NRSV); NLT “The Book of History.”