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 included45Parosh’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.