Ezra2

¹Here is the list of the Jewish exiles of the provinces who returned from their captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they originally lived.

²Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:

³The family of Parosh 2,172

⁴The family of Shephatiah 372

⁵The family of Arah 775

⁶The family of Pahath-moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab) 2,812

⁷The family of Elam 1,254

⁸The family of Zattu 945

⁹The family of Zaccai 760

¹⁰The family of Bani 642

¹¹The family of Bebai 623

¹²The family of Azgad 1,222

¹³The family of Adonikam 666

¹⁴The family of Bigvai 2,056

¹⁵The family of Adin 454

¹⁶The family of Ater (descendants of Hezekiah) 98

¹⁷The family of Bezai 323

¹⁸The family of Jorah 112

¹⁹The family of Hashum 223

²⁰The family of Gibbar 95

²¹The people of Bethlehem 123

²²The people of Netophah 56

²³The people of Anathoth 128

²⁴The people of Beth-azmaveth 42

²⁵The people of Kiriath-jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth 743

²⁶The people of Ramah and Geba 621

²⁷The people of Micmash 122

²⁸The people of Bethel and Ai 223

²⁹The citizens of Nebo 52

³⁰The citizens of Magbish 156

³¹The citizens of West Elam 1,254

³²The citizens of Harim 320

³³The citizens of Lod, Hadid, and Ono 725

³⁴The citizens of Jericho 345

³⁵The citizens of Senaah 3,630

³⁶These are the priests who returned from exile:The family of Jedaiah (through the line of Jeshua) 973

³⁷The family of Immer 1,052

³⁸The family of Pashhur 1,247

³⁹The family of Harim 1,017

⁴⁰These are the Levites who returned from exile:The families of Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah) 74

⁴¹The singers of the family of Asaph 128

⁴²The gatekeepers of the families of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai 139

⁴³The descendants of the following Temple servants returned from exile: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

⁴⁴Keros, Siaha, Padon,

⁴⁵Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,

⁴⁶Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,

⁴⁷Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,

⁴⁸Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,

⁴⁹Uzza, Paseah, Besai,

⁵⁰Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,

⁵¹Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

⁵²Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,

⁵³Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

⁵⁴Neziah, and Hatipha.

⁵⁵The descendants of these servants of King Solomon returned from exile: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,

⁵⁶Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,

⁵⁷Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-hazzebaim, and Ami.

⁵⁸In all, the Temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392.

⁵⁹Another group returned at this time from the towns of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer. However, they could not prove that they or their families were descendants of Israel.

⁶⁰This group included the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda—a total of 652 people.

⁶¹Three families of priests—Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai—also returned. (This Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai of Gilead, and he had taken her family name.)

⁶²They searched for their names in the genealogical records, but they were not found, so they were disqualified from serving as priests.

⁶³The governor told them not to eat the priests’ share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the Lord about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim—the sacred lots.

⁶⁴So a total of 42,360 people returned to Judah,

⁶⁵in addition to 7,337 servants and 200 singers, both men and women.

⁶⁶They took with them 736 horses, 245 mules,

⁶⁷435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

⁶⁸When they arrived at the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders made voluntary offerings toward the rebuilding of God’s Temple on its original site,

⁶⁹and each leader gave as much as he could. The total of their gifts came to 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.

⁷⁰So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled in villages near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own towns throughout Israel.