The List of Returned Exiles

¹ Now these were the people¹ of the province who came up from the captivity of the exile whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city.

1. Or “sons”

² They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

³ the descendants¹ of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;

1. Or “sons”

⁴ the descendants¹ of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;

1. Or “sons”

⁵ the descendants¹ of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five;

1. Or “sons”

⁶ the descendants¹ of Pahath-moab, particularly the descendants² of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”

⁷ the descendants¹ of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

1. Or “sons”

⁸ the descendants¹ of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five;

1. Or “sons”

⁹ the descendants¹ of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;

1. Or “sons”

¹⁰ the descendants¹ of Bani, six hundred and forty-two;

1. Or “sons”

¹¹ the descendants¹ of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three;

1. Or “sons”

¹² the descendants¹ of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two;

1. Or “sons”

¹³ the descendants¹ of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six;

1. Or “sons”

¹⁴ the descendants¹ of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six;

1. Or “sons”

¹⁵ the descendants¹ of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four;

1. Or “sons”

¹⁶ the descendants¹ of Ater, particularly of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;

1. Or “sons”

¹⁷ the descendants¹ of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three;

1. Or “sons”

¹⁸ the descendants¹ of Jorah, one hundred and twelve;

1. Or “sons”

¹⁹ the descendants¹ of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three;

1. Or “sons”

²⁰ the descendants¹ of Gibbar, ninety-five;

1. Or “sons”

²¹ the people¹ of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three;

1. Or “sons”

²² the men of Netophah, fifty-six;

²³ the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight;

²⁴ the people¹ of Azmaveth, forty-two;

1. Or “sons”

²⁵ the people¹ of Kiriath Αrim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three;

1. Or “sons”

²⁶ the people¹ of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;

1. Or “sons”

²⁷ the men of Micmash, one hundred and twenty-two;

²⁸ the men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three;

²⁹ the people¹ of Nebo, fifty-two;

1. Or “sons”

³⁰ the people¹ of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six;

1. Or “sons”

³¹ the people¹ of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

1. Or “sons”

³² the people¹ of Harim, three hundred and twenty;

1. Or “sons”

³³ the people¹ of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five;

1. Or “sons”

³⁴ the people¹ of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five;

1. Or “sons”

³⁵ the people¹ of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.

1. Or “sons”

³⁶ The priests: the descendants¹ of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;

1. Or “sons”

³⁷ the descendants¹ of Immer, one thousand fifty-two;

1. Or “sons”

³⁸ the descendants¹ of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;

1. Or “sons”

³⁹ the descendants¹ of Harim, one thousand seventeen.

1. Or “sons”

⁴⁰ The Levites: the descendants¹ of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants² of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”

⁴¹ The singers: the descendants¹ of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.

1. Or “sons”

⁴² The descendants¹ of the gatekeepers: the descendants² of Shallum, the descendants³ of Ater, the descendants⁴ of Talmon, the descendants⁵ of Akkub, the descendants⁶ of Hatita, and the descendants⁷ of Shobai; in total one hundred and thirty-nine.

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”
4. Or “sons”
5. Or “sons”
6. Or “sons”
7. Or “sons”

⁴³ The temple servants: the descendants¹ of Ziha, the descendants² of Hasupha, the descendants³ of Tabbaoth,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁴⁴ the descendants¹ of Keros, the descendants² of Siaha, the descendants³ of Padon,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁴⁵ the descendants¹ of Lebanah, the descendants² of Hagabah, the descendants³ of Akkub,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁴⁶ the descendants¹ of Hagab, the descendants² of Shamlai, the descendants³ of Hanan,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁴⁷ the descendants¹ of Giddel, the descendants² of Gahar, the descendants³ of Reaiah,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁴⁸ the descendants¹ of Rezin, the descendants² of Nekoda, the descendants³ of Gazzam,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁴⁹ the descendants¹ of Uzza, the descendants² of Paseah, the descendants³ of Besai,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁵⁰ the descendants¹ of Asnah, the descendants² of Meunim, the descendants³ of Nephisim,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁵¹ the descendants¹ of Bakbuk, the descendants² of Hakupha, the descendants³ of Harhur,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁵² the descendants¹ of Bazluth, the descendants² of Mehida, the descendants³ of Harsha,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁵³ the descendants¹ of Barkos, the descendants² of Sisera, the descendants³ of Temah,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁵⁴ the descendants¹ of Neziah, and the descendants² of Hatipha.

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”

⁵⁵ The descendants¹ of Solomon’s servants: the descendants² of Sotai, the descendants³ of Hassophereth, the descendants⁴ of Peruda,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”
4. Or “sons”

⁵⁶ the descendants¹ of Jaalah, the descendants² of Darkon, the descendants³ of Giddel,

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁵⁷ the descendants¹ of Shephatiah, the descendants² of Hattil, the descendants³ of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants⁴ of Ami.

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”
4. Or “sons”

⁵⁸ All the temple servants and the descendants¹ of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.

1. Or “sons”

⁵⁹ Now these were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their fathers’ household and their descent, if they were from Israel:

⁶⁰ the descendants¹ of Delaiah, the descendants² of Tobiah, and the descendants³ of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”

⁶¹ And from the descendants¹ of the priests: the descendants² of Habaiah, the descendants³ of Hakkoz, and the descendants⁴ of Barzillai (who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name).

1. Or “sons”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “sons”
4. Or “sons”

⁶² These sought their record in the genealogy records, but they were not found, and ⌞were excluded from the priesthood as unclean⌟.¹

1. Literally “they were unclean from the priesthood”

⁶³ The governor said to them that they could not eat from the holy food of the sanctuary¹ until there was present a priest for the Urim and Thummim.

1. Or “most holy things”

⁶⁴ The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

⁶⁵ apart from their male and female servants, of whom were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred male and female singers.

⁶⁶ Their horses numbered seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules numbered two hundred and forty-five,

⁶⁷ their camels numbered four hundred and thirty-five, their donkeys numbered six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Gifts Given for Temple Work

⁶⁸ When some of the heads of ⌞families⌟¹ came to the house of Yahweh that is in Jerusalem, they gave freewill offerings for the house of God to erect it on its place.

1. Literally “the fathers”

⁶⁹ According to their ability they gave to the treasury room for the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly tunics.

⁷⁰ The priests, the Levites, and some of the people lived in Jerusalem, and the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.