Ezra 2:1-60
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Exiles Who Returned
2 These(A) now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon[a] had deported to Babylon.(B) They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. 2 They came with Zerubbabel,(C) Jeshua,(D) Nehemiah, Seraiah,(E) Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the Israelite men included:[b]
| 3 Parosh’s descendants(F) | 2,172 |
| 4 Shephatiah’s descendants | 372 |
| 5 Arah’s descendants | 775 |
| 6 Pahath-moab’s descendants: | |
| Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants | 2,812 |
| 7 Elam’s descendants | 1,254 |
| 8 Zattu’s descendants | 945 |
| 9 Zaccai’s descendants | 760 |
| 10 Bani’s descendants | 642 |
| 11 Bebai’s descendants | 623 |
| 12 Azgad’s descendants | 1,222 |
| 13 Adonikam’s descendants(G) | 666 |
| 14 Bigvai’s descendants | 2,056 |
| 15 Adin’s descendants | 454 |
| 16 Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah | 98 |
| 17 Bezai’s descendants | 323 |
| 18 Jorah’s descendants | 112 |
| 19 Hashum’s descendants | 223 |
| 20 Gibbar’s descendants | 95 |
| 21 Bethlehem’s(H) people | 123 |
| 22 Netophah’s men | 56 |
| 23 Anathoth’s men | 128 |
| 24 Azmaveth’s people | 42 |
| 25 Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people | 743 |
| 26 Ramah’s(I) and Geba’s people | 621 |
| 27 Michmas’s men | 122 |
| 28 Bethel’s and Ai’s(J) men | 223 |
| 29 Nebo’s people | 52 |
| 30 Magbish’s people | 156 |
| 31 the other Elam’s people | 1,254 |
| 32 Harim’s people | 320 |
| 33 Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people | 725 |
| 34 Jericho’s(K) people | 345 |
| 35 Senaah’s people | 3,630 |
36 The priests included:
| Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua | 973 |
| 37 Immer’s descendants | 1,052 |
| 38 Pashhur’s descendants | 1,247 |
| 39 and Harim’s descendants | 1,017 |
40 The Levites included:
| Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants | |
| from Hodaviah’s descendants | 74 |
41 The singers included:
| Asaph’s(L) descendants | 128 |
42 The gatekeepers’(M) descendants included:
| Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, | |
| Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, | |
| Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all | 139 |
43 The temple servants(N) included:
Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,
Tabbaoth’s descendants, 44 Keros’s descendants,
Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
45 Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,
Akkub’s descendants, 46 Hagab’s descendants,
Shalmai’s[c] descendants, Hanan’s descendants,
47 Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,
Reaiah’s descendants, 48 Rezin’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,
49 Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,
Besai’s descendants, 50 Asnah’s descendants,
Meunim’s[d] descendants, Nephusim’s[e] descendants,
51 Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,
Harhur’s descendants, 52 Bazluth’s descendants,
Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,
53 Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,
Temah’s descendants, 54 Neziah’s descendants,
and Hatipha’s descendants.
55 The descendants of Solomon’s servants(O) included:
| Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, | |
| Peruda’s descendants, 56 Jaalah’s descendants, | |
| Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants, | |
| 57 Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, | |
| Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants. | |
| 58 All the temple servants | |
| and the descendants of Solomon’s servants | 392. |
59 The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite:
| 60 Delaiah’s descendants, | |
| Tobiah’s descendants, | |
| Nekoda’s descendants | 652 |
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