These are the priests and Levites, etc. Here the chief priests are described together with their brothers, that is the lesser priests, and the Levites, those who went up from the captivity of Babylon with Zerubbabel and Joshua the son of Jozadak. After explaining these, those who succeeded each other in the chief priesthood from that time up to the beginning of the kingdom of the Macedonians are also included. For it follows:
Source: Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah