1 The Exiles Who Returned 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.2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men included Lit the men of the people of Israel 3 Parosh’s descendants 2,1724 Shephatiah’s descendants 3725 Arah’s descendants 7756 Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,8127 Elam’s descendants 1,2548 Zattu’s descendants 9459 Zaccai’s descendants 76010 Bani’s descendants 64211 Bebai’s descendants 62312 Azgad’s descendants 1,22213 Adonikam’s descendants 66614 Bigvai’s descendants 2,05615 Adin’s descendants 45416 Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah 9817 Bezai’s descendants 32318 Jorah’s descendants 11219 Hashum’s descendants 22320 Gibbar’s descendants 9521 Bethlehem’s people 12322 Netophah’s men 5623 Anathoth’s men 12824 Azmaveth’s people 4225 Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people 74326 Ramah’s and Geba’s people 62127 Michmas’s men 12228 Bethel’s and Ai’s men 22329 Nebo’s people 5230 Magbish’s people 15631 the other Elam’s people 1,25432 Harim’s people 32033 Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people 72534 Jericho’s people 34535 Senaah’s people 3,63036 The priests included Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua 97337 Immer’s descendants 1,05238 Pashhur’s descendants 1,24739 and Harim’s descendants 1,01740 The Levites included Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants from Hodaviah’s descendants 7441 The singers included Asaph’s descendants 12842 The gatekeepers’ descendants included Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 13943 The temple servants included Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants, Tabbaoth’s descendants,44 Keros’s descendants, Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,45 Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,46 Hagab’s descendants, Shalmai’s Alt Hb tradition reads Shamlai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,47 Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants, Reaiah’s descendants,48 Rezin’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,49 Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants, Besai’s descendants,50 Asnah’s descendants, Meunim’s Alt Hb tradition reads Meinim’s descendants, Nephusim’s Alt Hb tradition reads Nephisim’s descendants,51 akbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,52 Bazluth’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,53 arkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants, Temah’s descendants,54 Neziah’s descendants, and Hatipha’s descendants.55 The descendants of Solomon’s servants included56 Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, Peruda’s descendants,Jaalah’s descendants, Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,57 Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants.58 All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants 392.59 The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their ancestral families Lit that the house of their fathers and their lineage were Israelite:60 Delaiah’s descendants, Tobiah’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants 65261 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.62 These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.63 The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.64 The whole combined assembly numbered 42,36065 not including their 7,337 male and female servants, and their 200 male and female singers.66 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.68 Gifts for the Work After they arrived at the Lord ’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family heads gave freewill offerings for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site.69 Based 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 for the project.70 The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns.