A List of People Who Returned from Exile
(Nehemiah 7.4-73)1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had captured many of the people of Judah and had taken them as prisoners to Babylonia. Now they were on their way back to Jerusalem and to their own towns everywhere in Judah.
2-20 Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah were in charge of the ones who were coming back. And here is a list of how many returned from each family group: 2,172 from Parosh; 372 from Shephatiah; 775 from Arah; 2,812 descendants of Jeshua and Joab from Pahath Moab; 1,254 from Elam; 945 from Zattu; 760 from Zaccai; 642 from Bani; 623 from Bebai; 1,222 from Azgad; 666 from Adonikam; 2,056 from Bigvai; 454 from Adin; 98 from Ater, also known as Hezekiah; 323 from Bezai; 112 from Jorah; 223 from Hashum; and 95 from Gibbar.
21-35 Here is how many people returned whose ancestors had come from the following towns: 123 from Bethlehem; 56 from Netophah; 128 from Anathoth; 42 from Azmaveth; 743 from Kiriatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth; 621 from Ramah and Geba; 122 from Michmas; 223 from Bethel and Ai; 52 from Nebo; 156 from Magbish; 1,254 from the other Elam; 320 from Harim; 725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono; 345 from Jericho; and 3,630 from Senaah.
36-39 Here is a list of how many returned from each family of priests: 973 descendants of Jeshua from the family of Jedaiah; 1,052 from the family of Immer; 1,247 from the family of Pashhur; and 1,017 from the family of Harim.
40-42 And here is a list of how many returned from the families of Levites: 74 descendants of Hodaviah from the families of Jeshua and Kadmiel; 128 descendants of Asaph from the temple musicians; and 139 descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai from the temple guards.
43-54 Here is a list of the families of temple workers whose descendants returned: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Siaha, Padon, Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, Hagab, Shamlai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Asnah, Meunim, Nephisim, Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Temah, Neziah, and Hatipha.
55-57 Here is a list of Solomon's servants whose descendants returned: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami.
58 A total of 392 descendants of temple workers and of Solomon's servants returned.
59-60 There were 652 who returned from the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, though they could not prove that they were Israelites. They had lived in the Babylonian towns of Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer.
61-62 The families of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai could not prove that they were priests. The ancestor of the family of Barzillai had married the daughter of Barzillai from Gilead and had taken his wife's family name. But the records of these three families could not be found, and none of them were allowed to serve as priests. 63 In fact, the governor told them, “You cannot eat the food offered to God until we find out if you really are priests.”
64-67 There were 42,360 who returned, in addition to 7,337 servants and 200 musicians, both women and men. They brought with them 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
68 When the people came to where the Lord's temple had been in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave gifts so it could be rebuilt in the same place. 69 They gave all they could, and it came to a total of 500 kilograms of gold, 500 kilograms of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.
70 Everyone returned to the towns from which their families had come, including the priests, the Levites, the musicians, the temple guards, and the workers.
1 These also are the sonnes of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie (whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel had caried away vnto Babel) and returned to Ierusalem, and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie, 2 Which came with Zerubbabel, to wit, Ieshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Biguai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel was, 3 The sonnes of Parosh, two thousand, an hudreth seuentie and two: 4 The sonnes of Shephatiah, three hundreth, seuentie and two: 5 The sonnes of Arah, seuen hundreth, and seuentie and fiue: 6 The sonnes of Pahath Moab, of the sonnes of Ieshua and Ioab, two thousand, eight hundreth and twelue: 7 The sonnes of Elam, a thousande, two hundreth and foure and fiftie: 8 The sonnes of Zattu, nine hundreth and fiue and fourtie: 9 The sonnes of Zaccai, seuen hundreth and threescore: 10 The sonnes of Bani, sixe hundreth and two and fourtie: 11 The sonnes of Bebai, sixe hundreth, and three and twentie: 12 The sonnes of Azgad a thousand, two hundreth and two and twentie: 13 The sonnes of Adonikam, sixe hundreth, three score and sixe: 14 The sonnes of Biguai, two thousand, and sixe and fiftie: 15 The sonnes of Adin, foure hundreth and foure and fiftie: 16 The sonnes of Ater of Hizkiah, ninetie and eight: 17 The sonnes of Bezai, three hundreth and three and twentie: 18 The sonnes of Iorah, an hudreth and twelue: 19 The sonnes of Hasshum, two hundreth and three and twentie: 20 The sonnes of Gibbar, ninetie and fiue: 21 The sonnes of Beth-lehem, an hundreth and three and twentie: 22 The men of Netophah, sixe and fiftie: 23 The men of Anothoth, an hundreth and eight and twentie: 24 The sonnes of Azmaueth, two and fourtie: 25 The sonnes of Kiriath-arim, of Chephirah, and Beeroth, seuen hundreth and three and fourtie: 26 The sonnes of Haramah and Gaba, six hundreth, and one and twentie: 27 The men of Michmas, an hundreth and two and twentie: 28 The sonnes of Beth-el and Ai, two hundreth, and three and twentie: 29 The sonnes of Nebo, two and fiftie: 30 The sonnes of Magbish, an hundreth and sixe and fiftie: 31 The sonnes of the other Elam, a thousand, and two hundreth, and foure and fiftie: 32 The sonnes of Harim, three hundreth and twentie: 33 The sonnes of Lod-hadid, and Ono, seuen hundreth, and fiue and twentie: 34 The sonnes of Iericho, three hundreth and fiue and fourtie: 35 The sonnes of Senaah, three thousand, sixe hundreth and thirtie. 36 The Priests: of the sonnes of Iedaiah of the house of Ieshua, nine hundreth seuentie and three: 37 The sonnes of Immer, a thousand and two and fiftie: 38 The sonnes of Pashur, a thousand, two hundreth and seuen and fourtie: 39 The sonnes of Harim, a thousande and seuenteene. 40 The Leuites: the sonnes of Ieshua, and Kadmiel of the sonnes of Hodauiah, seuentie and foure. 41 The Singers: the sonnes of Asaph, an hundreth and eight and twentie. 42 The sonnes of the porters: the sonnes of Shallum, the sonnes of Ater, the sonnes of Talmon, the sonnes of Akkub, the sonnes of Hatita, the sonnes of Shobai: all were an hundreth and nine and thirtie. 43 The Nethinims: the sonnes of Ziha, the sonnes of Hasupha, the sonnes of Tabbaoth, 44 The sonnes of Keros, the sonnes of Siaha, the sonnes of Padon, 45 The sonnes of Lebanah, the sonnes of Hagabah, the sonnes of Akkub, 46 The sonnes of Hagab, the sonnes of Shamlai, the sonnes of Hanan, 47 The sonnes of Giddel, the sonnes of Gahar, the sonnes of Reaiah, 48 The sonnes of Rezin, the sonnes of Nekoda, the sonnes of Gazzam, 49 The sonnes of Vzza, the sonnes of Paseah, the sonnes of Besai, 50 The sonnes of Asnah, the sonnes of Meunim, the sonnes of Nephusim, 51 The sonnes of Bakbuk, the sonnes of Hakupa, the sonnes of Harhur, 52 The sonnes of Bazluth, the sonnes of Mehida, the sonnes of Harsha, 53 The sonnes of Barcos, the sonnes of Sisara, the sonnes of Thamah, 54 The sonnes of Neziah, the sonnes of Hatipha, 55 The sonnes of Salomons seruantes: the sonnes of Sotai, the sonnes of Sophereth, the sonnes of Peruda, 56 The sonnes of Iaalah, the sonnes of Darkon, the sonnes of Giddel, 57 The sonnes of Shephatiah, the sonnes of Hattil, the sonnes of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the sonnes of Ami. 58 All the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruants were three hundreth ninetie and two. 59 And these went vp from Telmelah, and from Telharsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not discerne their fathers house and their seede, whether they were of Israel. 60 The sonnes of Delaiah, the sonnes of Tobiah, the sonnes of Nekoda, six hundreth and two and fiftie. 61 And of the sonnes of the Priestes, the sonnes of Habaiah, the sonnes of Coz, the sonnes of Barzillai: which tooke of the daughters of Barzillai the Giliadite to wife, and was called after their name. 62 These sought their writing of the genealogies, but they were not founde: therefore were they put from the Priesthood. 63 And Tirshatha saide vnto them, that they should not eate of the most holy thing, tell there rose vp a Priest with Vrim and Thummim. 64 The whole Congregation together was two and fourtie thousande, three hundreth and threescore, 65 Beside their seruants and their maydes: of whome were seuen thousande, three hundreth and seuen and thirtie: and among them were two hundreth singing men and singing women. 66 Their horses were seuen hundreth, and sixe and thirtie: their mules, two hundreth and fiue and fourtie: 67 Their camels foure hundreth, and fiue and thirtie: their asses, sixe thousand, seuen hundreth and twentie. 68 And certeine of the chiefe fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord, which was in Ierusalem, they offred willingly for the house of God, to set it vp vpon his fundation. 69 They gaue after their abilitie vnto the treasure of the worke, euen one and threescore thousand drammes of golde, and fiue thousand pieces of siluer, and an hundreth Priests garments. 70 So the Priests and the Leuites, and a certeine of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.