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1 When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed. 2 Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most. 3 I said to them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot, and let the doors be shut and securely fastened while the guards are on duty. Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes.” 4 The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been built yet. 5 Then my God put it into my mind to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who came back first, and I found the following written in it: 6 These are the people of the province who went up among the captive exiles deported by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Each of them returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to his own town. 7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the Israelite men included 8 Parosh’s descendants 2,172 9 Shephatiah’s descendants 372 10 Arah’s descendants 652 11 Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,818 12 Elam’s descendants 1,254 13 Zattu’s descendants 845 14 Zaccai’s descendants 760 15 Binnui’s descendants 648 16 Bebai’s descendants 628 17 Azgad’s descendants 2,322 18 Adonikam’s descendants 667 19 Bigvai’s descendants 2,067 20 Adin’s descendants 655 21 Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah 98 22 Hashum’s descendants 328 23 Bezai’s descendants 324 24 Hariph’s descendants 112 25 Gibeon’s descendants 95 26 Bethlehem’s and Netophah’s men 188 27 Anathoth’s men 128 28 Beth-azmaveth’s men 42 29 Kiriath-jearim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s men 743 30 Ramah’s and Geba’s men 621 31 Michmas’s men 122 32 Bethel’s and Ai’s men 123 33 the other Nebo’s men 52 34 the other Elam’s people 1,254 35 Harim’s people 320 36 Jericho’s people 345 37 Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people 721 38 Senaah’s people 3,930.00 39 The priests included Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua 973 40 Immer’s descendants 1,052 41 Pashhur’s descendants 1,247 42 Harim’s descendants 1,017.00 Nehemiah 7:1-42, Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers.
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