The Exiles Who Returned to Jerusalem and Judah

¹These are the people of the province who came up from among the captive exiles whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had carried into exile to Babylon, who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city, ²who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah:

The list of the men of the people of Israel: ³the sons of Parosh—2,172; ⁴the sons of Shephatiah—372; ⁵the sons of Arah—775; ⁶the sons of Pahath-moab: the sons of Jeshua and Joab—2,812; ⁷the sons of Elam—1,254; ⁸the sons of Zattu—945; ⁹the sons of Zaccai—760; ¹⁰the sons of Bani—642; ¹¹the sons of Bebai—623; ¹²the sons of Azgad—1,222; ¹³the sons of Adonikam—666; ¹⁴the sons of Bigvai—2,056; ¹⁵the sons of Adin—454; ¹⁶the sons of Ater: Hezekiah—98; ¹⁷the sons of Bezai—323; ¹⁸the sons of Jorah—112; ¹⁹the sons of Hashum—223; ²⁰the sons of Gibbar—95; ²¹the sons of Bethlehem—123; ²²the sons of Netophah—56; ²³the sons of Anathoth—128; ²⁴the sons of Azmaveth—42; ²⁵the sons of Kiriath-arim: Chephirah and Beeroth—743; ²⁶the sons of Ramah and Geba—621; ²⁷the men of Michmas—122; ²⁸the men of Beth-el and Ai—223; ²⁹the men of Nebo—52; ³⁰the sons of Magbish—156; ³¹the sons of the other Elam—1,254; ³²the sons of Harim—320; ³³the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono—725; ³⁴the sons of Jericho—345; ³⁵the sons of Senaah—3,630.

³⁶The priests: the sons of Jedaiah: the house of Jeshua—973; ³⁷the sons of Immer—1,052; ³⁸the sons of Pashhur—1,247; ³⁹the sons of Harim—1,017.

⁴⁰The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel: the sons of Hodaviah—74.

⁴¹The singers: the sons of Asaph—128.

⁴²The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, all told—139.

⁴³The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁴the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon, ⁴⁵the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub, ⁴⁶the sons of Hagab, the sons of Salmai, the sons of Hanan, ⁴⁷the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah, ⁴⁸the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam, ⁴⁹the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai, ⁵⁰the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephusim, ⁵¹the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, ⁵²the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, ⁵³the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah, ⁵⁴the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

⁵⁵The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda, ⁵⁶the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, ⁵⁷the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Po-chereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Ami.

⁵⁸The total of temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants—392.

⁵⁹The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer—they were unable to tell whether their father’s house and descent were Israelite: ⁶⁰the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda—652.

⁶¹Of the sons of the priests, the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai who had married a daughter of Barzillai and had taken his name—⁶²these searched for their genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified for the priesthood. ⁶³The Tirshatha^a ordered them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest with Urim and Thum-mim should appear.

⁶⁴The sum of the entire community was 42,360, ⁶⁵not counting their male and female servants, those being 7,337; they also had 200 male and female singers. ⁶⁶Their horses—736; their mules—245; ⁶⁷their camels—435; their asses—6,720.