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.
The List of Those Who Returned from Exile
(Nehemiah 7.4-73)1 Many of the exiles left the province of Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, all to their own hometowns. Their families had been living in exile in Babylonia ever since King Nebuchadnezzar had taken them there as prisoners. 2 Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
This is the list of the clans of Israel, with the number of those from each clan who returned from exile:
3-20 Parosh - 2,172Shephatiah - 372Arah - 775Pahath Moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab) - 2,812Elam - 1,254Zattu - 945Zaccai - 760Bani - 642Bebai - 623Azgad - 1,222Adonikam - 666Bigvai - 2,056Adin - 454Ater (also called Hezekiah) - 98Bezai - 323Jorah - 112Hashum - 223Gibbar - 95
21-35 People whose ancestors had lived in the following towns also returned:
Bethlehem - 123Netophah - 56Anathoth - 128Azmaveth - 42Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth - 743Ramah and Geba - 621Michmash - 122Bethel and Ai - 223Nebo - 52Magbish - 156The other Elam - 1,254Harim - 320Lod, Hadid, and Ono - 725Jericho - 345Senaah - 3,630
36-39 This is the list of the priestly clans that returned from exile:
Jedaiah (descendants of Jeshua) - 973Immer - 1,052Pashhur - 1,247Harim - 1,017
40-42 Clans of Levites who returned from exile:
Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah) - 74Temple musicians (descendants of Asaph) - 128Temple guards (descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai) - 139
43-54 Clans of Temple workers who returned from exile:
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 Clans of Solomon's servants who returned from exile:
Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami
58 The total number of descendants of the Temple workers and of Solomon's servants who returned from exile was 392.
59-60 There were 652 belonging to the clans of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda who returned from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not prove that they were descendants of Israelites.
61-62 The following priestly clans could find no record to prove their ancestry: Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai. (The ancestor of the priestly clan of Barzillai had married a woman from the clan of Barzillai of Gilead and had taken the name of his father-in-law's clan.) Since they were unable to prove who their ancestors were, they were not accepted as priests. 63 The Jewish governor told them that they could not eat the food offered to God until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim.
64-67 Total number of exiles who returned - 42,360Their male and female servants - 7,337Male and female musicians - 200Horses - 736Mules - 245Camels - 435Donkeys - 6,720
68 When the exiles arrived at the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem, some of the leaders of the clans gave freewill offerings to help rebuild the Temple on its old site. 69 They gave as much as they could for this work, and the total came to 1,030 pounds of gold, 5,740 pounds of silver, and 100 robes for priests.
70 The priests, the Levites, and some of the people settled in or near Jerusalem; the musicians, the Temple guards, and the Temple workers settled in nearby towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in the towns where their ancestors had lived.