Nehemiah 7:1-45 ▼

1 After the wall had been completed and its doors installed, then the gatekeepers, singers, and descendants of Levi were appointed.

2 I appointed my brother Hanani and fortress commander Hananiah to be over Jerusalem, since he was a faithful person who revered God more than many others did.

3 I charged them, |Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until mid-day. Until then, let everyone stand watch, keeping the gates shut and locked. Appoint security watches from those who live in Jerusalem. Everyone should maintain his own watch near his house.|

4 Even though the city was large and spread out, not many people were living there and not many houses had been built.

5 So my God gave me the idea to gather together the nobles, the officials, and the people so they could be registered according to their genealogies. I found a register of the original inhabitants in which there was recorded

6 a list of descendants of the province of Judah who returned from captivity, from those who had been exiled by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. They had come back to Jerusalem and to Judah, each one to his town.

7 They were coming with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. Here is the enumeration of: The Men of Israel:

8 Parosh's descendants: 2,172

9 Shephatiah's descendants: 372

10 Arah's descendants: 652

11 Pahath-moab's descendants; that is, through Jeshua and Joab: 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 through Hezekiah: 98

22 Hashum's descendants: 328

23 Bezai's descendants: 324

24 Hariph's descendants: 112

25 Gibeon's descendants: 95

26 People from Bethlehem and Netophah: 188

27 People from Anathoth: 128

28 People from Beth-azmaveth: 42

29 People from Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: 743

30 People from Ramah and Geba: 621

31 People from Michmas: 122

32 People from Bethel and Ai: 123

33 People from the other Nebo: 52

34 The other Elam's descendants: 1,254

35 Harim's descendants: 320

36 Jericho's descendants: 345

37 Descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 721

38 Senaah's descendants: 3,930

39 The Priests: Jedaiah's descendants from the household of Jeshua: 973

40 Immer's descendants: 1,052

41 Pashhur's descendants: 1,247

42 Harim's descendants: 1,017

43 The Descendants of Levi: Jeshua of Kadmiel's descendants: that is, Hodevah's descendants: 74

44 The Singers: Asaph's descendants: 148

45 The Gatekeepers: Shallum's descendants, Ater's descendants, Talmon's descendants, Akkub's descendants, Hatita's descendants, Shobai's descendants: 138