1 Nowe when the wall was builded, and I had set vp the doores, and the porters, and the singers and the Leuites were appointed, 2 Then I commanded my brother Hanani and Hananiah the prince of the palace in Ierusalem (for he was doubtlesse a faithfull man, and feared God aboue many) 3 And I saide vnto them, Let not the gates of Ierusalem be opened, vntill the heate of the sunne: and while they stande by, let them shut the doores, and make them fast: and I appointed wardes of the inhabitants of Ierusalem, euery one in his warde, and euery one ouer against his house. 4 Nowe the citie was large and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not buylded. 5 And my God put into mine heart, and I gathered the princes, and the rulers, and the people, to count their genealogies: and I found a booke of the genealogie of them, which came vp at the first, and found written therein, 6 These are the sonnes of the prouince that came vp from the captiuitie that was caried away (whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel had caryed away) and they returned to Ierusalem and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie. 7 They which came with Zerubbabel, Ieshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Biguai, Nehum, Baanah. This is the nomber of the men of the people of Israel. 8 The sonnes of Parosh, two thousande an hundreth seuentie and two. 9 The sonnes of Shephatiah, three hundreth seuentie and two. 10 The sonnes of Arah, sixe hundreth fiftie and two. 11 The sonnes of Pahath Moab of ye sonnes of Ieshua, and Ioab, two thousand, eight hundreth and eighteene. 12 The sonnes of Elam, a thousand, two hundreth fiftie and foure. 13 The sonnes of Zattu, eight hundreth and fiue and fourtie. 14 The sonnes of Zacchai, seuen hundreth and three score. 15 The sonnes of Binnui, sixe hundreth and eight and fourtie. 16 The sonnes of Bebai, sixe hundreth and eight and twentie. 17 The sonnes of Azgad, two thousand, three hundreth and two and twentie. 18 The sonnes of Adonikam, sixe hundreth three score and seuen. 19 The sonnes of Biguai, two thousand three score and seuen. 20 The sonnes of Adin, sixe hundreth, and fiue and fiftie. 21 The sonnes of Ater of Hizkiah, ninetie and eight. 22 The sonnes of Hashum, three hundreth and eight and twentie. 23 The sonnes of Bezai, three hundreth and foure and twentie. 24 The sonnes of Hariph, an hundreth and twelue. 25 The sonnes of Gibeon, ninetie and fiue. 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, an hundreth foure score and eight. 27 The men of Anathoth, an hundreth and eight and twentie. 28 The me of Beth-azmaueth, two and fourty. 29 The men of Kiriath-iearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, seuen hundreth, and three and fourtie. 30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, sixe hundreth and one and twentie. 31 The men of Michmas, an hundreth and two and twentie. 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundreth and three and twentie. 33 The men of the other Nebo, two and fifty. 34 The sonnes of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundreth and foure and fiftie. 35 The sonnes of Harim, three hundreth and twentie. 36 The sonnes of Iericho, three hundreth and fiue and fourtie. 37 The sonnes of Lod-hadid and Ono, seuen hundreth and one and twentie. 38 The sonnes of Senaah, three thousand, nine hundreth and thirtie. 39 The Priestes: the sonnes of Iedaiah of the house of Ieshua, nine hundreth seuentie and three. 40 The sonnes of Immer, a thousand and two and fiftie. 41 The sonnes of Pashur, a thousande, two hundreth and seuen and fourtie. 42 The sonnes of Harim, a thousande and seuenteene. 43 The Leuites: the sonnes of Ieshua of Kadmiel, and of the sonnes of Hodiuah, seuentie and foure. 44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundreth, and eight and fourtie. 45 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, an hundreth and eight and thirtie. 46 The Nethinims: the sonnes of Ziha, the sonnes of Hashupha, the sonnes of Tabaoth, 47 The sonnes of Keros, the sonnes of Sia, the sonnes of Padon, 48 The sonnes of Lebana, the sonnes of Hagaba, the sonnes of Shalmai, 49 The sonnes of Hanan, the sonnes of Giddel, the sonnes of Gahar, 50 The sonnes of Reaiah, the sonnes of Rezin, the sonnes of Nekoda, 51 The sonnes of Gazzam, ye sonnes of Vzza, the sonnes of Paseah, 52 The sonnes of Besai, the sonnes of Meunim, the sonnes of Nephishesim, 53 The sonnes of Bakbuk, the sonnes of Hakupha, the sonnes of Harhur, 54 The sonnes of Bazlith, the sonnes of Mehida, the sonnes of Harsha, 55 The sonnes of Barkos, the sonnes of Sissera, the sonnes of Tamah, 56 The sonnes of Neziah, the sonnes of Hatipha, 57 The sonnes of Salomons seruantes, the sonnes of Sotai, the sonnes of Sophereth, ye sonnes of Perida, 58 The sonnes of Iaala, the sonnes of Darkon, the sonnes of Giddel, 59 The sonnes of Shephatiah, the sonnes of Hattil, the sonnes of Pochereth of Zebaim, the sonnes of Amon. 60 All the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruantes were three hundreth, ninetie and two. 61 And these came vp from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shewe their fathers house, nor their seede, or if they were of Israel. 62 The sonnes of Delaiah: the sonnes of Tobiah, the sonnes of Nekoda, six hundreth and two and fourtie. 63 And of the Priestes: the sonnes of Habaiah, the sonnes of Hakkoz, the sonnes of Barzillai, which tooke one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was named after their name. 64 These sought their writing of the genealogies, but it was not founde: therefore they were put from the Priesthood. 65 And the Tirshatha sayd vnto them, that they should not eate of the most holy, till there rose vp a Priest with Vrim and Thummim. 66 All the Congregation together was two and fourtie thousand, three hundreth and threescore, 67 Besides their seruantes and their maydes, which were seuen thousand, three hundreth and seuen and thirtie: and they had two hundreth and fiue and fourtie singing men and singing women. 68 Their horses were seuen hundreth and sixe and thirtie, and their mules two hundreth and fiue and fourtie. 69 The camels foure hundreth and fiue and thirtie, and sixe thousande, seuen hundreth and twentie asses. 70 And certaine of the chiefe fathers gaue vnto the worke. The Tirshatha gaue to the treasure, a thousand drammes of golde, fiftie basins, fiue hundreth and thirtie Priests garments. 71 And some of the chiefe fathers gaue vnto the treasure of the worke, twentie thousand drams of golde, and two thousande and two hundreth pieces of siluer. 72 And the rest of the people gaue twentie thousand drammes of golde, and two thousande pieces of siluer, and three score and seuen Priestes garments. 73 And the Priestes, and Leuites, and the porters and the singers and the rest of the people and the Nethinims, and all Israel dwelt in their cities: and when the seuenth moneth came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
1 And now the wall had been rebuilt, the gates had all been put in place, and the Temple guards, the members of the sacred choir, and the other Levites had been assigned their work. 2 I put two men in charge of governing the city of Jerusalem: my brother Hanani and Hananiah, commanding officer of the fortress. Hananiah was a reliable and God-fearing man without equal. 3 I told them not to have the gates of Jerusalem opened in the morning until well after sunrise and to have them closed and barred before the guards went off duty at sunset. I also told them to appoint guards from among the people who lived in Jerusalem and to assign some of them to specific posts and others to patrol the area around their own houses.
The List of Those Who Returned from Exile
(Ezra 2.1-70)4 Jerusalem was a large city, but not many people were living in it, and not many houses had been built yet. 5 God inspired me to assemble the people and their leaders and officials and to check their family records. I located the records of those who had first returned from captivity, and this is the information I found:
6 Many of the exiles left the province of Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own hometown. Their families had been living in exile in Babylonia ever since King Nebuchadnezzar had taken them there as prisoners. 7 Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
8-25 This is the list of the clans of Israel, with the number of those from each clan who returned from exile:
Parosh - 2,172Shephatiah - 372Arah - 652Pahath Moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab) - 2,818Elam - 1,254Zattu - 845Zaccai - 760Binnui - 648Bebai - 628Azgad - 2,322Adonikam - 667Bigvai - 2,067Adin - 655Ater (also called Hezekiah) - 98Hashum - 328Bezai - 324Hariph - 112Gibeon - 95
26-38 People whose ancestors had lived in the following towns also returned:
Bethlehem and Netophah - 188Anathoth - 128Beth Azmaveth - 42Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth - 743Ramah and Geba - 621Michmash - 122Bethel and Ai - 123The other Nebo - 52The other Elam - 1,254Harim - 320Jericho - 345Lod, Hadid, and Ono - 721Senaah - 3,930
39-42 This is the list of the priestly clans that returned from exile:
Jedaiah (descendants of Jeshua) - 973Immer - 1,052Pashhur - 1,247Harim - 1,017
43-45 Clans of Levites who returned from exile:
Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah) - 74Temple musicians (descendants of Asaph) - 148Temple guards (descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai) - 138
46-56 Clans of Temple workers who returned from exile:
Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,Keros, Sia, Padon,Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,Besai, Meunim, Nephushesim,Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,Bazlith, Mehida, Harsha,Barkos, Sisera, Temah,Neziah, and Hatipha.
57-59 Clans of Solomon's servants who returned from exile:
Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Amon.
60 The total number of descendants of the Temple workers and of Solomon's servants who returned from exile was 392.
61-62 There were 642 belonging to the clans of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda who returned from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not prove that they were descendants of Israelites.
63-64 The following priestly clans could find no record to prove their ancestry: Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai. (The ancestor of the priestly clan of Barzillai had married a woman from the clan of Barzillai of Gilead and 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. 65 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.
66-69 Total number of exiles who returned - 42,360.
Their male and female servants - 7,337Male and female musicians - 245Horses - 736Mules - 245Camels - 435Donkeys - 6,720
70-72 Many of the people contributed to help pay the cost of restoring the Temple:
The governor 270 ounces of gold50 ceremonial bowls530 robes for priestsHeads of clans 337 pounds of gold3,215 pounds of silverThe rest of the people 337 pounds of gold2,923 pounds of silver67 robes for priests
73 The priests, the Levites, the Temple guards, the musicians, many of the ordinary people, the Temple workers—all the people of Israel—settled in the towns and cities of Judah.