These 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. They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the Israelite men included
Parosh’s descendants 2,172
Shephatiah’s descendants 372
Arah’s descendants 775
Pahath-moab’s descendants:
Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,812
Elam’s descendants 1,254
Zattu’s descendants 945
Zaccai’s descendants 760
Bani’s descendants 642
Bebai’s descendants 623
Azgad’s descendants 1,222
Adonikam’s descendants 666
Bigvai’s descendants 2,056
Adin’s descendants 454
Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah 98
Bezai’s descendants 323
Jorah’s descendants 112
Hashum’s descendants 223
Gibbar’s descendants 95
Bethlehem’s people 123
Netophah’s men 56
Anathoth’s men 128
Azmaveth’s people 42
Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people 743
Ramah’s and Geba’s people 621 Michmas’s men 122
Bethel’s and Ai’s men 223
Nebo’s people 52
Magbish’s people 156
the other Elam’s people 1,254
Harim’s people 320
Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people 725
Jericho’s people 345
Senaah’s people 3,630
The priests included
Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua 973
Immer’s descendants 1,052
Pashhur’s descendants 1,247
and Harim’s descendants 1,017
The Levites included
Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants
from Hodaviah’s descendants 74
The singers included
Asaph’s descendants 128
The gatekeepers’ descendants included
Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants,
Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,
Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 139
The temple servants included
Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,
Tabbaoth’s descendants, Keros’s descendants,
Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,
Akkub’s descendants, Hagab’s descendants,
Shalmai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,
Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,
Reaiah’s descendants, Rezin’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,
Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,
Besai’s descendants, Asnah’s descendants,
Meunim’s descendants, Nephusim’s descendants,
Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,
Harhur’s descendants, Bazluth’s descendants,
Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,
Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,
Temah’s descendants, Neziah’s descendants,
and Hatipha’s descendants.
The descendants of Solomon’s servants included
Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants,
Peruda’s descendants, Jaalah’s descendants,
Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,
Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants,
Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants.
All the temple servants
and the descendants of Solomon’s servants 392 .
The 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:
Delaiah’s descendants,
Tobiah’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants 652
and 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. These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.
The whole combined assembly numbered 42,360
not including their 7,337 male and female servants,
and their 200 male and female singers.
They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.