Ezra 2

2ND CHAPTER

Those Who Returned with Zerubbabel—Nehemiah 7:6–7

¹These were the people in the province. They were the ones who left the place where the exiles had been taken captive. (King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken them to Babylon.) These exiles returned to Jerusalem and Judah. All of them went to their own cities. ²They went with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. 

Families Listed by Ancestor—Nehemiah 7:8–25

This is the number of Israelite men from the people in exile: 

³

the descendants of Parosh 

2,172 

⁴

of Shephatiah 

372 

⁵

of Arah 

775 

⁶

of Pahath Moab, that is, of Jeshua and Joab 

2,812 

⁷

of Elam 

1,254 

⁸

of Zattu 

945 

⁹

of Zaccai 

760 

¹⁰

of Bani 

642 

¹¹

of Bebai 

623 

¹²

of Azgad 

1,222 

¹³

of Adonikam 

666 

¹⁴

of Bigvai 

2,056 

¹⁵

of Adin 

454 

¹⁶

of Ater, that is, Hezekiah 

98 

¹⁷

of Bezai 

323 

¹⁸

of Jorah 

112 

¹⁹

of Hashum 

223 

²⁰

of Gibbar 

95 

Families Listed by Cities—Nehemiah 7:26–38

²¹

The people of Bethlehem 

123 

²²

of Netophah 

56 

²³

of Anathoth 

128 

²⁴

of Azmaveth 

42 

²⁵

of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth 

743 

²⁶

of Ramah and Geba 

621 

²⁷

of Michmas 

122 

²⁸

of Bethel and Ai 

223 

²⁹

of Nebo 

52 

³⁰

of Magbish 

156 

³¹

of the other Elam 

1,254 

³²

of Harim 

320 

³³

of Lod, Hadid, and Ono 

725 

³⁴

of Jericho 

345 

³⁵

of Senaah 

3,630 

Priests—Nehemiah 7:39–42

³⁶These priests returned from exile: 

the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua) 

973 

³⁷

of Immer 

1,052 

³⁸

of Pashhur 

1,247 

³⁹

of Harim 

1,017 

Levites—Nehemiah 7:43–45

⁴⁰These Levites returned from exile: 

the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, that is, of Hodaviah 

74 

⁴¹These singers returned from exile: 

the descendants of Asaph 

128 

⁴²These gatekeepers returned from exile: 

the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai 

139 

Temple Servants—Nehemiah 7:46–56

⁴³These temple servants returned from exile: the descendants of 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. 

Descendants of Solomon’s Servants—Nehemiah 7:57–60

⁵⁵These descendants of Solomon’s servants returned from exile: the descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, ⁵⁶Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, ⁵⁷Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami. 

⁵⁸The temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants totaled 392. 

Those of Unknown Origin—Nehemiah 7:61–65

⁵⁹The following people came from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they couldn’t prove they were Israelites on the basis of their father’s family or their genealogy: ⁶⁰the descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda. These people totaled 652. 

⁶¹These descendants of the priests ⸤couldn’t prove their families were Israelites⸥: the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai from Gilead and took that ⸤family⸥ name). ⁶²These people searched for their ⸤family⸥ names in the genealogical records, but their names couldn’t be found there. For this reason they were considered contaminated and couldn’t be priests. ⁶³The governor told them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest could use the Urim and Thummim^a⸤to settle the problem⸥. 

The Total of the People and Animals Returning from Exile—Nehemiah 7:66–69

⁶⁴The whole assembly totaled 42,360. ⁶⁵In addition to the male and female servants who numbered 7,337, they also had 200 male and female singers. ⁶⁶They had 736 horses, 245 mules, ⁶⁷435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. 

Gifts Given for the Temple—Nehemiah 7:70–73

⁶⁸When some of the heads of the families came to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, they contributed freewill offerings to help rebuild God’s temple on its ⸤former⸥ site. ⁶⁹They contributed as much as they could to the treasury for this work: 1,030 pounds of gold, 5,740 pounds of silver, and 100 robes for the priests. 

⁷⁰The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their own cities. All the other Israelites settled in their own cities.