Ezra 2

The Exiles Who Returned

1These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.23They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men included4

5Parosh’s descendants2,172

67Shephatiah’s descendants372

89Arah’s descendants775

1011Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants2,812

1213Elam’s descendants1,254

1415Zattu’s descendants945

1617Zaccai’s descendants760

1819Bani’s descendants642

2021Bebai’s descendants623

2223Azgad’s descendants1,222

2425Adonikam’s descendants666

2627Bigvai’s descendants2,056

2829Adin’s descendants454

3031Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah98

3233Bezai’s descendants323

3435Jorah’s descendants112

3637Hashum’s descendants223

3839Gibbar’s descendants95

4041Bethlehem’s people123

4243Netophah’s men56

4445Anathoth’s men128

4647Azmaveth’s people42

4849Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people743

5051Ramah’s and Geba’s people621

5253Michmas’s men122

5455Bethel’s and Ai’s men223

5657Nebo’s people52

5859Magbish’s people156

6061the other Elam’s people1,254

6263Harim’s people320

6465Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people725

6667Jericho’s people345

6869Senaah’s people3,630

7071The priests included Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua973

7273Immer’s descendants1,052

7475Pashhur’s descendants1,247

7677and Harim’s descendants1,017

7879The Levites included Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants from Hodaviah’s descendants74

8081The singers included Asaph’s descendants128

8283The gatekeepers’ descendants included Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all139

8485The temple servants included Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants, Tabbaoth’s descendants,8687Keros’s descendants, Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,88

89Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,9091Hagab’s descendants, Shalmai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,92

93Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants, Reaiah’s descendants,9495Rezin’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,96

97Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants, Besai’s descendants,9899Asnah’s descendants, Meunim’s descendants, Nephusim’s descendants,100

101Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,102103Bazluth’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,104

105Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants, Temah’s descendants,106107Neziah’s descendants, and Hatipha’s descendants.108

109The descendants of Solomon’s servants included Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, Peruda’s descendants,110111Jaalah’s descendants, Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,

112113Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants.

114115All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants392.

116117The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their ancestral families and their lineage were Israelite:118

119Delaiah’s descendants, Tobiah’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants652

120121and from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai — who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and who bore their name.122123These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.124125The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.126

127The whole combined assembly numbered42,360

128129not including their 7,337 male and female servants, and their 200 male and female singers.

130131They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

132133435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

Gifts for the Work

134After they arrived at the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family heads gave freewill offerings for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site.135136Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury for the project.137138The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns.139