1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, |
2 in company with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah): |
3 the descendants of Parosh 2,172 |
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6 of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,812 |
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16 of Ater (through Hezekiah) 98 |
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21 the men of Bethlehem 123 |
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25 of Kiriath Jearim,1 2:25 See Septuagint (see also Neh. 7:29); Hebrew Kiriath Arim . Kephirah and Beeroth 743 |
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31 of the other Elam 1,254 |
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33 of Lod, Hadid and Ono 725 |
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42 The gatekeepers of the temple: |
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45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, |
46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, |
47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, |
48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, |
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50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephussim, |
51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, |
52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, |
53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah, |
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55 The descendants of the servants of Solomon: |
56 Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, |
57 Shephatiah, Hattil,
Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami |
58 The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392 |
59 The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel: |
60 The descendants of
Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652 |
61 And from among the priests: |
62 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. |
63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim. |
64 The whole company numbered 42,360, |
65 besides their 7,337 menservants and maidservants; and they also had 200 men and women singers. |
66 They had 736 horses, 245 mules, |
67 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys. |
68 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site. |
69 According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas2 2:69 That is, about 1,100 pounds (about 500 kilograms) of gold, 5,000 minas3 2:69 That is, about 3 tons (about 2.9 metric tons) of silver and 100 priestly garments. |
70 The priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns. |
