Ezra 2:1-4 ▼

1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon (confusion by mixing) by Nebuchadnezzar (may Nebo protect the crown) its king. They returned to Jerusalem (city of peace) and Judah (praised), each to his own town,

2 accompanied by Zerubbabel (sown in Babylon), Jeshua (he is saved), Nehemiah (YHWH comforts), Seraiah (YHWH is ruler), Reelaiah (bearer of YHWH), Mordecai (little man), Bilshan (in slander), Mispar (number), Bigvai (in my bodies), Rehum (compassion), and Baanah . This is the count of the men of Israel (he wrestles with God):

3 the descendants of Parosh (flea), 2,172;

4 the descendants of Shephatiah (YHWH has judged), 372;