Ezra 2:1-42 ▼

1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

2 accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

3 the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

4 the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;

5 the descendants of Arah, 775;

6 the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;

7 the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

8 the descendants of Zattu, 945;

9 the descendants of Zaccai, 760;

10 the descendants of Bani, 642;

11 the descendants of Bebai, 623;

12 the descendants of Azgad, 1,222;

13 the descendants of Adonikam, 666;

14 the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056;

15 the descendants of Adin, 454;

16 the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;

17 the descendants of Bezai, 323;

18 the descendants of Jorah, 112;

19 the descendants of Hashum, 223;

20 the descendants of Gibbar, 95;

21 the men of Bethlehem, 123;

22 the men of Netophah, 56;

23 the men of Anathoth, 128;

24 the descendants of Azmaveth, 42;

25 the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

26 the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

27 the men of Michmash, 122;

28 the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;

29 the descendants of Nebo, 52;

30 the descendants of Magbish, 156;

31 the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;

32 the descendants of Harim, 320;

33 the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725;

34 the men of Jericho, 345;

35 and the descendants of Senaah, 3,630.

36 The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;

37 the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

38 the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

39 and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.

40 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), 74.

41 The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 128.

42 The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 139 in all.