12 Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites1 —Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth,2 Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.
1 That is, the leaders of the northern kingdom of Israel
2 Meshillemoth is a variant of Meshillemith; see 1 Chronicles 9:12.