Nehemiah 7:1-45 ▼

1 And it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had hung the doors, and the gatekeepers had been appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,

2 that I gave the charge to Hanani my brother and Hananiah the leader of the citadel of Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and he feared God above many.

3 And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are standing by, let them shut the doors, and fasten, and appoint guards of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each man at his station and a man in front of his house.”

4 And the city was was wide on two hands and great, and the people were few in its midst, and the houses had not been rebuilt.

5 And my God put it into my heart, and I gathered the nobles and the rulers and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up at the first, and I found written in it:

6 These are the sons of the province who came back from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each man to his city,

7 who came in with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

8 The sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;

9 the sons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two;

10 the sons of Arah, six hundred fifty-two;

11 the sons of Pahath-moab (of the sons of Jeshua and Joab), two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen;

12 the sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four;

13 the sons of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five;

14 the sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;

15 the sons of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight;

16 the sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight;

17 the sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two;

18 the sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-seven;

19 the sons of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven;

20 the sons of Adin, six hundred fifty-five;

21 the sons of Ater (of Hezekiah), ninety-eight;

22 the sons of Hashum, three hundred twenty-eight;

23 the sons of Bezai, three hundred twenty-four;

24 the sons of Hariph, a hundred and twelve;

25 the sons of Gibeon, ninety-five;

26 the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred eighty-eight;

27 the men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty-eight;

28 the men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two;

29 the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three;

30 the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one;

31 the men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two;

32 the men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred twenty-three;

33 the men of the other Nebo, fifty-two;

34 the sons of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four;

35 the sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty;

36 the sons of Jericho, three hundred forty-five;

37 the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one;

38 the sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

39 The priests: The sons of Jedaiah (of the house of Jeshua), nine hundred seventy-three;

40 the sons of Immer, a thousand fifty-two;

41 the sons of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty-seven;

42 the sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

43 The Levites: The sons of Jeshua (of Kadmiel and of the sons of Hodevah), seventy-four.

44 The singers: The sons of Asaph, a hundred forty-eight.

45 The gatekeepers: The sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, a hundred thirty-eight.