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Hoshaiah ... Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah ... Zechariah ... Jonathan ... Shemaiah ... Mattaniah ... Micaiah ... Zaccur ... Asaph
These are the names of males. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
after them went
"behind them followed"
some of the priests' sons with trumpets, and Zechariah
Some versions read, "from among the priests with trumpets, Zechariah"
Zechariah son of Jonathan son of Shemaiah son of Mattaniah son of Micaiah son of Zaccur son of Asaph
All of the names after "Zechariah" are the ancestors of Zechariah. This list connects Zechariah with the famous singer Asaph. "Zechariah who was the son of Jonathan, who was the son of Shemaiah, who was the son of Mattaniah, who was the son of Micaiah, who was the son of Zaccur son of Asaph"