Ezra 2

The Exiles Who Returned

1These # Neh 7:6-73 now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon # Nebuchadnezzar reigned 605–562 b.c. had deported to Babylon. # 2Ch 36:17-20 They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. 2They came with Zerubbabel, # 1Ch 3:19; Ezr 3:2; Hg 1:1; Zch 4:6 Jeshua, # Hg 1:1; Zch 3:1-10 Nehemiah, Seraiah, # Neh 12:1 Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of the Israelite men included: # Lit the men of the people of Israel

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

36The priests included:

Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua	973
37Immer’s descendants	1,052
38Pashhur’s descendants	1,247
39and Harim’s descendants	1,017

40The Levites included:

Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants
from Hodaviah’s descendants	74

41The singers included:

Asaph’s# 1Ch 25:1; 2Ch 5:12; 35:15descendants

128

42The gatekeepers’ # 1Ch 9:17-32; Neh 12:25-26 descendants included:

Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants,
Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,
Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all	139

43The temple servants # Ezr 8:20 included:

Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,

Tabbaoth’s descendants, 44Keros’s descendants,

Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,

45Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,

Akkub’s descendants, 46Hagab’s descendants,

Shalmai’s # Alt Hb tradition reads Shamlai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,

47Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,

Reaiah’s descendants, 48Rezin’s descendants,

Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,

49Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,

Besai’s descendants, 50Asnah’s descendants,

Meunim’s # Alt Hb tradition reads Meinim’s descendants, Nephusim’s # Alt Hb tradition reads Nephisim’s descendants,

51Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,

Harhur’s descendants, 52Bazluth’s descendants,

Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,

53Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,

Temah’s descendants, 54Neziah’s descendants,

and Hatipha’s descendants.

55The descendants of Solomon’s servants # Neh 11:3 included:

Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants,
Peruda’s descendants,56Jaalah’s descendants,
Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,
57Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants,
Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants.
58All the temple servants
and the descendants of Solomon’s servants	392.

59The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite:

60Delaiah’s descendants,
Tobiah’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants	652

61and 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 was called by their name. 62These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. 63The governor # Ezr 6:7; Neh 5:14; Hg 1:1 ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim. # Ex 28:30; Lv 8:8; Nm 27:21; Neh 7:65

64The whole combined assembly numbered	42,360
65not including their 7,337 male and female slaves,
and their 200 male and female singers.# 2Ch 35:25
66They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
67435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

Gifts for the Work

68After they arrived at the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave freewill offerings # Nm 15:3; Ezr 1:4 for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site. 69Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins, # Or drachmas, or darics 6,250 pounds # Lit 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury # Ezr 8:33-34 for the project. 70The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns. # 1Ch 9:2; Neh 11:3

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