Ezra 2

Exiles Who Returned with Zerubbabel 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: 3 The family of Parosh — 2,172 4 The family of Shephatiah — 372 5 The family of Arah — 775 6 The family of Pahath-moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab) — 2,812 7 The family of Elam — 1,254 8 The family of Zattu — 945 9 The family of Zaccai — 760 10 The family of Bani — 642 11 The family of Bebai — 623 12 The family of Azgad — 1,222 13 The family of Adonikam — 666 14 The family of Bigvai — 2,056 15 The family of Adin — 454 16 The family of Ater (descendants of Hezekiah) — 98 17 The family of Bezai — 323 18 The family of Jorah — 112 19 The family of Hashum — 223 20 The family of Gibbar — 95 21 The people of Bethlehem — 123 22 The people of Netophah — 56 23 The people of Anathoth — 128 24 The people of Beth-azmaveth As in parallel text at Neh 7:28; Hebrew reads Azmaveth. — 42 25 The people of Kiriath-jearim, As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version (see also Neh 7:29); Hebrew reads Kiriath-arim. Kephirah, and Beeroth — 743 26 The people of Ramah and Geba — 621 27 The people of Micmash — 122 28 The people of Bethel and Ai — 223 29 The citizens of Nebo — 52 30 The citizens of Magbish — 156 31 The citizens of Elam — 1,254 32 The citizens of Harim — 320 33 The citizens of Lod, Hadid, and Ono — 725 34 The citizens of Jericho — 345 35 The citizens of Senaah — 3,630

36These are the priests who returned from exile:The family of Jedaiah (through the line of Jeshua) — 973 37 The family of Immer — 1,052 38 The family of Pashhur — 1,247 39 The family of Harim — 1,017

40These are the Levites who returned from exile:The families of Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah) — 74 41 The singers of the family of Asaph — 128 42 The 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, 44 Keros, Siaha, Padon, 45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, 46 Hagab, Shalmai, As in an alternate reading of the Masoretic Text (see also Neh 7:48); the other alternate reads Shamlai. Hanan, 47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, 48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, 49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai, 50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, 51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, 52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, 53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah, 54 Neziah, and Hatipha.

55The descendants of these servants of King Solomon returned from exile:Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, 56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, 57 Shephatiah, 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, Hebrew 61,000 darics of gold, about 1,100 pounds or 500 kilograms in weight. 6,250 pounds Hebrew 5,000 minas [3,000 kilograms]. 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.