Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 12:23:

• Kupsabiny: “The names of heads of the Levite families were written until the days of Johanan who a grandson of Eliashib.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The leaders/[lit. heads] of the families of the Levites were listed in the Book of the History until the time of Johanan the grandchild of Eliashib.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They wrote the names of the leaders of the clans who were descendants of Levi in the Book of Events in Israel, but they stopped writing those names when Eliashib’s grandson Johanan was the Supreme Priest.” (Source: Translation for Translators)