Ezra 2
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The List of Returning Exiles
Ne 7:6–73
1#2Ki 24:14–16; 25:11Now these are the people of the province who went up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and came again to Jerusalem and Judah. Each returned to his own city. 2#Ne 7:7; Hag 1:12Those who came with Zerubbabel were Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of men of the people of Israel were:
3#Ezr 8:3; 10:25The sons of Parosh—two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;
4the sons of Shephatiah—three hundred and seventy-two;
5#Ne 7:10the sons of Arah—seven hundred and seventy-five;
6#Ne 7:11the sons of Pahath-Moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab—two thousand eight hundred and twelve;
7the sons of Elam—one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
8#Ne 7:13the sons of Zattu—nine hundred and forty-five;
9the sons of Zakkai—seven hundred and sixty;
10the sons of Bani—six hundred and forty-two;
11the sons of Bebai—six hundred and twenty-three;
12#Ne 7:17the sons of Azgad—one thousand two hundred and twenty-two;
13#Ezr 8:13the sons of Adonikam—six hundred and sixty-six;
14the sons of Bigvai—two thousand and fifty-six;
15#Ne 7:20the sons of Adin—four hundred and fifty-four;
16the sons of Ater of Hezekiah—ninety-eight;
17the sons of Bezai—three hundred and twenty-three;
18the sons of Jorah—one hundred and twelve;
19#Ne 7:22the sons of Hashum—two hundred and twenty-three;
20the sons of Gibbar—ninety-five.
21The sons of Bethlehem—one hundred and twenty-three;
22the men of Netophah—fifty-six;
23the men of Anathoth—one hundred and twenty-eight;
24the sons of Azmaveth—forty-two;
25the sons of Kiriath Arim, Kephirah, and Beeroth—seven hundred and forty-three;
26the sons of Ramah and Geba—six hundred and twenty-one;
27the men of Mikmash—one hundred and twenty-two;
28#Ge 12:8the men of Bethel and Ai—two hundred and twenty-three;
29the sons of Nebo—fifty-two;
30the sons of Magbish—one hundred and fifty-six;
31#Ezr 2:7the sons of the other Elam—one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
32the sons of Harim—three hundred and twenty;
33the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono—seven hundred and twenty-five;
34#1Ki 16:34the sons of Jericho—three hundred and forty-five;
35the sons of Senaah—three thousand six hundred and thirty.
36Those who came with the priests were:
the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua—nine hundred and seventy-three;
37#1Ch 24:14the sons of Immer—one thousand and fifty-two;
38#1Ch 9:12the sons of Pashhur—one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;
39#1Ch 24:8the sons of Harim—one thousand and seventeen.
40#Ezr 3:9Those who came with the Levites were:
the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah—seventy-four.
41#1Ch 6:39Those who came with the singers were:
the sons of Asaph—one hundred and twenty-eight.
42The sons of the gatekeepers were:
the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai—in all one hundred and thirty-nine.
43#1Ch 9:2Those devoted to the temple as servants were:
the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
44the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon,
45the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub,
46the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan,
47the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah,
48the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,
49the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,
50the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephusim,
51the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,
52the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,
53the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,
54the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.
55#1Ki 9:21The sons of Solomon’s servants were:
the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda,
56the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
57#Ne 7:59the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, the sons of Ami.
58#1Ki 9:21; 1Ch 9:2All those devoted to the temple as servants and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
59These were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not prove their father’s house or their descent, whether they were of Israel:
60the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda—six hundred and fifty-two;
61#2Sa 17:27; 1Ki 2:7and of the sons of the priests:
the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai (whose ancestor married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was thereafter called by their name).
62#Nu 3:10These sought their records in the genealogy register, but they were not found. Therefore, they were disqualified (as polluted) from the priesthood. 63#Ex 28:30; Lev 2:3The governor advised them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest consulted with the Urim and Thummim.
64The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, 65#2Sa 19:35besides their male and female servants (these numbered seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven); they also had two hundred singing men and women. 66Their horses numbered seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five; 67their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; and their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68As some of the heads of households came to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, they volunteered to erect the foundations for the house of God. 69#Ezr 8:25–34They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand drachmas#About 1,100 pounds, or 500 kilograms. of gold, five thousand pounds#About 3 tons, or 2.8 metric tons. of silver, and one hundred priestly garments.
70#Ne 7:73So the priests and the Levites, along with some of the people, the singers, the porters, and those donated as temple servants, lived in their cities, with the result that all Israel resettled in their cities.
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