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Chapter 2
1 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 3 Parosh’s descendants 2,172 4 Shephatiah’s descendants 372 5 Arah’s descendants 775 6 Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants2,812 7 Elam’s descendants1,254 8 Zattu’s descendants945 9 Zaccai’s descendants760 10 Bani’s descendants642 11 Bebai’s descendants623 12 Azgad’s descendants1,222 13 Adonikam’s descendants666 14 Bigvai’s descendants2,056 15 Adin’s descendants454 16 Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah98 17 Bezai’s descendants323 18 Jorah’s descendants112 19 Hashum’s descendants223 20 Gibbar’s descendants95 21 Bethlehem’s people123 22 Netophah’s men56 23 Anathoth’s men128 24 Azmaveth’s people42 25 Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people743 26 Ramah’s and Geba’s people621 27 Michmas’s men122 28 Bethel’s and Ai’s men223 29 Nebo’s people52 30 Magbish’s people156 31 the other Elam’s people1,254 32 Harim’s people320 33 Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people725 34 Jericho’s people345 35 Senaah’s people3,630 36 The priests includedJedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua973 37 Immer’s descendants1,052 38 Pashhur’s descendants1,247 39 and Harim’s descendants1,017 40 The Levites includedJeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendantsfrom Hodaviah’s descendants 74 41 The singers includedAsaph’s descendants 128 42 The gatekeepers’ descendants includedShallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 139 43 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 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 descendants, Nephusim’s descendants, 51 Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants, 52 Bazluth’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants, 53 Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants, Temah’s descendants, 54 Neziah’s descendants, and Hatipha’s descendants. 55 The descendants of Solomon’s servants includedSotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, Peruda’s descendants, 56 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 servantsand 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 and their lineage were Israelite: 60 Delaiah’s descendants, Tobiah’s descendants,Nekoda’s descendants 652 61 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 42,360 65 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 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, 6,250 pounds 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.