“According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;”

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.