*Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord aby the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, bthat he †made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath ccharged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, d(he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place †help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit eGod had fraised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all they that were about them ||strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with gprecious things, beside all that was willingly offered. 7 hAlso Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, iwhich Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth jby the hand of kMithredath the ltreasurer, and numbered them unto mSheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty nknives, 10 Thirty obasons of gold, silver basons of a second sort nfour hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were pfive thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of †the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

2 *Now athese are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, bwhom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2 Which came with cZerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, ||Seraiah, ||Reelaiah, dMordecai, Bilshan, ||Mispar, Bigvai, ||Rehum, Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel: 3 The children of eParosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. 4 The children of fShephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 5 The children of gArah, gseven hundred seventy and five. 6 The children of hPahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua iand Joab, two thousand eight hundred and gtwelve. 7 The children of jElam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of kZattu, nine hundred forty and five. 9 The children of lZaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 10 The children of ||Bani, six hundred forty and mtwo. 11 The children of nBebai, six hundred twenty and mthree. 12 The children of oAzgad, a mthousand two hundred twenty and two. 13 The children of oAdonikam, six hundred sixty and msix. 14 The children of pBigvai, two thousand mfifty and six. 15 The children of pAdin, mfour hundred fifty and four. 16 The children of qAter of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 17 The children of qBezai, three hundred twenty and rthree. 18 The children of ||Jorah, an hundred and twelve. 19 The children of sHashum, rtwo hundred twenty and three. 20 The children of ||Gibbar, ninety and five. 21 The children of tBeth-lehem, an hundred rtwenty and three. 22 The men of uNetophah, tfifty and six. 23 The men of vAnathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. 24 The children of ||Azmaveth, forty and two. 25 The children of wxKirjath-arim, xChephirah, and xBeeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. 26 The children of yRamah and yGeba, six hundred twenty and one. 27 The men of zMichmas, an hundred twenty and two. 28 The men of aBeth-el and Ai, btwo hundred twenty and three. 29 The children of cNebo, fifty and two. 30 The children of dMagbish, an hundred fifty and six. 31 The children of ethe other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 33 The children of fLod, ||gHadid, and fOno, seven hundred twenty and hfive. 34 The children of iJericho, three hundred forty and five. 35 The children of jSenaah, three thousand and ksix hundred and thirty.

36 The priests: the children of lJedaiah, of the house of mJeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of nImmer, a thousand fifty and two. 38 The children of oPashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 39 The children of pHarim, a thousand and seventeen.

40 The Levites: the children of qJeshua and qKadmiel, of the children of ||Hodaviah, seventy and four. 41 The singers: the children of rAsaph, an hundred stwenty and eight. 42 The children of the tporters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and snine.

43 The uNethinims: the children of xZiha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 44 The children of Keros, the children of ||Siaha, the children of Padon, 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 46 The children of Hagab, the children of ||Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 49 The children of Uzza, the children of yPaseah, the children of Besai, 50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of ||Nephusim, 51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 52 The children of ||Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, 54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

55 The children of zSolomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of ||Peruda, 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of aZebaim, the children of ||Ami. 58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.

59 And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, ||Addan, band Immer: but they could not cshew their father’s house, and their ||seed, whether they were of Israel: 60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred dfifty and two. 61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of eKoz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of fBarzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: 62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore †were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63 And the ||Tirshatha said unto them, that they gshould not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with hUrim and with Thummim.

64 The whole congregation together was iforty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,