Ezra 2
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The Exiles Who Returned
1These # Neh 7:6-73 now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon # Nebuchadnezzar reigned 605–562 b.c. had deported to Babylon. # 2Ch 36:17-20 They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. 2They came with Zerubbabel, # 1Ch 3:19; Ezr 3:2; Hg 1:1; Zch 4:6 Jeshua, # Hg 1:1; Zch 3:1-10 Nehemiah, Seraiah, # Neh 12:1 Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the Israelite men included: # Lit the men of the people of Israel
| 3Parosh’s descendants# Ezr 8:3; 10:25; Neh 3:25 | 2,172 |
| 4Shephatiah’s descendants | 372 |
| 5Arah’s descendants | 775 |
| 6Pahath-moab’s descendants: | |
| Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants | 2,812 |
| 7Elam’s descendants | 1,254 |
| 8Zattu’s descendants | 945 |
| 9Zaccai’s descendants | 760 |
| 10Bani’s descendants | 642 |
| 11Bebai’s descendants | 623 |
| 12Azgad’s descendants | 1,222 |
| 13Adonikam’s descendants# Ezr 8:13 | 666 |
| 14Bigvai’s descendants | 2,056 |
| 15Adin’s descendants | 454 |
| 16Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah | 98 |
| 17Bezai’s descendants | 323 |
| 18Jorah’s descendants | 112 |
| 19Hashum’s descendants | 223 |
| 20Gibbar’s descendants | 95 |
| 21Bethlehem’s# Mc 5:2; Mt 2:1,6people | 123 |
| 22Netophah’s men | 56 |
| 23Anathoth’s men | 128 |
| 24Azmaveth’s people | 42 |
| 25Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people | 743 |
| 26Ramah’s# Jr 31:15; Mt 2:18and Geba’s people | 621 |
| 27Michmas’s men | 122 |
| 28Bethel’s and Ai’s# Gn 12:8; Jos 7:2; 8:9men | 223 |
| 29Nebo’s people | 52 |
| 30Magbish’s people | 156 |
| 31the other Elam’s people | 1,254 |
| 32Harim’s people | 320 |
| 33Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people | 725 |
| 34Jericho’s# Jos 4:19; 5:13; 6:1-25people | 345 |
| 35Senaah’s people | 3,630 |
36The priests included:
| Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua | 973 |
| 37Immer’s descendants | 1,052 |
| 38Pashhur’s descendants | 1,247 |
| 39and Harim’s descendants | 1,017 |
40The Levites included:
| Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants | |
| from Hodaviah’s descendants | 74 |
41The singers included:
| Asaph’s# 1Ch 25:1; 2Ch 5:12; 35:15descendants | 128 |
42The gatekeepers’ # 1Ch 9:17-32; Neh 12:25-26 descendants included:
| Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, | |
| Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, | |
| Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all | 139 |
43The temple servants # Ezr 8:20 included:
Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,
Tabbaoth’s descendants, 44Keros’s descendants,
Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
45Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,
Akkub’s descendants, 46Hagab’s descendants,
Shalmai’s # Alt Hb tradition reads Shamlai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,
47Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,
Reaiah’s descendants, 48Rezin’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,
49Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,
Besai’s descendants, 50Asnah’s descendants,
Meunim’s # Alt Hb tradition reads Meinim’s descendants, Nephusim’s # Alt Hb tradition reads Nephisim’s descendants,
51Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,
Harhur’s descendants, 52Bazluth’s descendants,
Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,
53Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,
Temah’s descendants, 54Neziah’s descendants,
and Hatipha’s descendants.
55The descendants of Solomon’s servants # Neh 11:3 included:
| Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, | |
| Peruda’s descendants,56Jaalah’s descendants, | |
| Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants, | |
| 57Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, | |
| Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants. | |
| 58All the temple servants | |
| and the descendants of Solomon’s servants | 392. |
59The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite:
| 60Delaiah’s descendants, | |
| Tobiah’s descendants, | |
| Nekoda’s descendants | 652 |
61and from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai — who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name. 62These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. 63The governor # Ezr 6:7; Neh 5:14; Hg 1:1 ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim. # Ex 28:30; Lv 8:8; Nm 27:21; Neh 7:65
| 64The whole combined assembly numbered | 42,360 |
| 65not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, | |
| and their 200 male and female singers.# 2Ch 35:25 | |
| 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, | |
| 67435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. |
Gifts for the Work
68After they arrived at the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave freewill offerings # Nm 15:3; Ezr 1:4 for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site. 69Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins, # Or drachmas, or darics 6,250 pounds # Lit 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury # Ezr 8:33-34 for the project. 70The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns. # 1Ch 9:2; Neh 11:3
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