1 After the wall had been rebuilt and the gates hung, then the temple guards, the singers, and the other Levites were assigned their work. 2 I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, the commander of the fortress, because Hananiah could be trusted, and he respected God more than most people did. 3 I said to them, “Don't let the gates to the city be opened until the sun has been up for a while. And make sure that they are closed and barred before the guards go off duty at sunset. Choose people from Jerusalem to stand guard at different places around the wall and others to stand guard near their own houses.”
A List of Exiles Who Returned
(Ezra 2.1-70)4 Although Jerusalem covered a large area, not many people lived there, and no new houses had been built. 5-6 So God gave me the idea to bring together the people, their leaders, and officials and to check the family records of those who had returned from captivity in Babylonia, after having been taken there by King Nebuchadnezzar. About this same time, I found records of those who had been the first to return to Jerusalem from Babylon Province. By reading these records, I learned that they settled in their own hometowns, 7 and that they had come with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
8-25 This is a list of how many returned from each family group: 2,172 from Parosh; 372 from Shephatiah; 652 from Arah; 2,818 from Pahath Moab, who were all descendants of Jeshua and Joab; 1,254 from Elam; 845 from Zattu; 760 from Zaccai; 648 from Binnui; 628 from Bebai; 2,322 from Azgad; 667 from Adonikam; 2,067 from Bigvai; 655 from Adin; 98 from Ater, also known as Hezekiah; 328 from Hashum; 324 from Bezai; 112 from Hariph; and 95 from Gibeon.
26-38 This is a list of how many returned whose ancestors had come from the following towns: 188 from Bethlehem and Netophah; 128 from Anathoth; 42 from Beth-Azmaveth; 743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth; 621 from Ramah and Geba; 122 from Michmas; 123 from Bethel and Ai; 52 from Nebo; 1,254 from Elam; 320 from Harim; 345 from Jericho; 721 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono; and 3,930 from Senaah.
39-42 This is a list of how many returned from each family of priests: 973 descendants of Jeshua from Jedaiah; 1,052 from Immer; 1,247 from Pashhur; and 1,017 from Harim.
43-45 This is a list of how many returned from the families of Levites: 74 descendants of Hodevah from the families of Jeshua and Kadmiel; 148 descendants of Asaph from the temple musicians; and 138 descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai from the temple guards.
46-56 These are the names of the families of temple workers whose descendants returned: 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 Here are the names of Solomon's servants whose descendants returned: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida, Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Amon.
60 A total of 392 descendants of temple workers and of Solomon's servants returned.
61-62 There were 642 who returned from the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, though they could not prove they were Israelites. They had lived in the Babylonian towns of Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer.
63-64 The families of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai could not prove they were priests. The ancestor of the family of Barzillai had married the daughter of Barzillai from Gilead and had taken his wife's family name. But the records of these three families could not be found, and none of them were allowed to serve as priests. 65 In fact, the governor told them, “You cannot eat the food offered to God until he lets us know if you really are priests.”
66-69 There were 42,360 who returned, in addition to 7,337 servants and 245 musicians, counting both men and women. Altogether, they brought with them 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
70-72 Many people gave gifts to help pay for the materials to rebuild the temple. The governor himself gave 8 kilograms of gold, 50 bowls to be used in the temple, and 530 robes for the priests. Family leaders gave 153 kilograms of gold and 1,458 kilograms of silver. The rest of the people gave 153 kilograms of gold, 1,325 kilograms of silver, and 67 robes for the priests.
73 And so, by the seventh month, priests, Levites, temple guards, musicians, workers, and many of the ordinary people had settled in the towns of Judah.
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.