The List of Those Who Returned
2 Now these are the people[a] of the province who went up from the captivity of the exiles whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had exiled to Babylon. 2 The people who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua,[b] Nehemiah, Seraiah, Re’elaiah,[c] Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Ba’anah returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each man to his own city.
This is the tally of the men from the people of Israel:[d]
| 3 the male descendants[e] of Parosh: | 2,172 |
| 4 the male descendants of Shephatiah: | 372 |
| 5 the male descendants of Arah: | 775 |
| 6 the male descendants of Pahath Moab through the descendants of Jeshua and Joab: | 2,812 |
| 7 the male descendants of Elam: | 1,254 |
| 8 the male descendants of Zattu: | 945 |
| 9 the male descendants of Zakkai: | 760 |
| 10 the male descendants of Bani: | 642 |
| 11 the male descendants of Bebai: | 623 |
| 12 the male descendants of Azgad: | 1,222 |
| 13 the male descendants of Adonikam: | 666 |
| 14 the male descendants of Bigvai: | 2,056 |
| 15 the male descendants of Adin: | 454 |
| 16 the male descendants of Ater through Hezekiah: | 98 |
| 17 the male descendants of Bezai: | 323 |
| 18 the male descendants of Jorah: | 112 |
| 19 the male descendants of Hashum: | 223 |
| 20 the male descendants of Gibbar: | 95 |
| 21 the citizens[f] of Bethlehem: | 123 |
| 22 the men of Netophah: | 56 |
| 23 the men of Anathoth: | 128 |
| 24 the citizens of Azmaveth: | 42 |
| 25 the citizens of Kiriath Arim,[g] Kephirah, and Be’eroth: | 743 |
| 26 the citizens of Ramah and Geba: | 621 |
| 27 the men of Mikmash: | 122 |
| 28 the men of Bethel and Ai: | 223 |
| 29 the citizens of Nebo: | 52 |
| 30 the citizens of Magbish: | 156 |
| 31 the citizens of the other 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 Sena’ah: | 3,630 |
| 36 The priests:the descendants[h] of Jedaiah through the house of Jeshua: | 973 |
| 37 the descendants of Immer: | 1,052 |
| 38 the descendants of Pashhur: | 1,247 |
| 39 the descendants of Harim: | 1,017 |
| 40 The Levites:the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel through the descendants of Hodaviah: | 74 |
| 41 The singers:the descendants of Asaph: | 128 |
| 42 The descendants of the gatekeepers:the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater,the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub,the descendants of Hatita, the descendants of Shobai, in total: | 139 |
43 The temple servants:
the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha,
the descendants of Tabbaoth, 44 the descendants of Keros,
the descendants of Siaha, the descendants of Padon,
45 the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah,
the descendants of Akkub, 46 the descendants of Hagab,
the descendants of Shamlai,[i] the descendants of Hanan,
47 the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar,
the descendants of Reaiah, 48 the descendants of Rezin,
the descendants of Nekoda, the descendants of Gazzam,
49 the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah,
the descendants of Besai, 50 the descendants of Asnah,
the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephusim,[j]
51 the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha,
the descendants of Harhur, 52 the descendants of Bazluth,
the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,
53 the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera,
the descendants of Temah, 54 the descendants of Neziah,
the descendants of Hatipha.
55 The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth,
the descendants of Peruda, 56 the descendants of Ja’alah,
the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,
57 the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil,
the descendants of Pokereth Hazzebaim, the descendants of Ami.
58 The total of the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants was 392.
59 The following are the people who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer. They were not able to prove their ancestry or descent—whether they were from Israel:
60 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah,
the descendants of Nekoda: 652,
61 from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Habaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai, through a man who married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and so they were called by his family name.
62 These people searched for their genealogical records, but they could not find them, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. 63 The governor told them that they should not eat from the most holy sacrifices until a priest would arise who could serve with Urim and Thummim.
64 The entire assembly together numbered 42,360, 65 not counting their male slaves and their female slaves, who numbered 7,337. They also had 200 male and female singers. 66 Their horses numbered 736, their mules 245, 67 their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720.
68 So when the heads of the families came to the House of the Lord in Jerusalem, they gave voluntary contributions for God’s house in order to construct it on its site. 69 On the basis of their wealth, they gave the following amounts to the treasury to support the work: 61,000 gold darics,[k] 5,000 silver minas,[l] and 100 garments for the priests.
70 The priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, the temple servants, and some of the people settled in Jerusalem and its towns,[m] and all the rest of Israel settled in their towns.
Footnotes
- Ezra 2:1 Literally sons. This term sons may include male descendants of multiple generations.
- Ezra 2:2 Also known as Joshua
- Ezra 2:2 The stop mark ′ indicates that the double vowel should be pronounced as two syllables, re-el, not as one syllable, reel.
- Ezra 2:2 In this list and the similar list in Nehemiah, there are many variants of names and numbers. The translation provides footnotes only for some of the more important variants.
- Ezra 2:3 Literally sons
- Ezra 2:21 Literally sons
- Ezra 2:25 Variant of Kiriath Jearim
- Ezra 2:36 Literally sons
- Ezra 2:46 Variant Shalmai
- Ezra 2:50 Many of the names in these lists, including Meinim and Nephisim, have variant spellings. The most common variant is between i and u, which look alike in some phases of Hebrew.
- Ezra 2:69 A daric is a unit of weight that appears in post-exilic books. It is a Persian term, equal to the Greek drachma, perhaps a third of an ounce. It is also the name for the standard gold coin of the Persian Empire.
- Ezra 2:69 A mina weighed about 1¼ pounds.
- Ezra 2:70 The word Jerusalem is not in the Hebrew text, but it is present in the Greek Old Testament. The first group of cities, therefore, refers to Jerusalem and its environs, and the second group of cities to the more distant cities and towns of Judah and Benjamin.