2:1 Now these are the ①people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken into exile to Babylon, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city.
▷ ①Lit sons
2:2 ①These came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, ②Seraiah, ③Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, ④Mispar, Bigvai, ⑤Rehum, and Baanah. T his is the number of the men of the people of Israel:
▷ ①In Neh 7:7, Azariah ②In Neh 7:7, Raamiah ③In Neh 7:7, Mispereth ④In Neh 7:7, Nehum ⑤Lit who
2:3 the sons of Parosh, 2,172;
2:4 the sons of Shephatiah, 372;
2:5 the sons of Arah, 775;
2:6 the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812;
2:7 the sons of Elam, 1,254;
2:8 the sons of Zattu, 945;
2:9 the sons of Zaccai, 760;
2:10 the sons of ①Bani, 642;
▷ ①In Neh 7:15, Binnui
2:11 the sons of Bebai, 623;
2:12 the sons of Azgad, 1,222;
2:13 the sons of Adonikam, 666;
2:14 the sons of Bigvai, 2,056;
2:15 the sons of Adin, 454;
2:16 the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, 98;
2:17 the sons of Bezai, 323;
2:18 the sons of ①Jorah, 112;
▷ ①In Neh 7:24, Hariph
2:19 the sons of Hashum, 223;
2:20 the sons of ①Gibbar, 95;
▷ ①In Neh 7:25, Gibeon
2:21 the ①men of Bethlehem, 123;
▷ ①Lit sons
2:22 the men of Netophah, 56;
2:23 the men of Anathoth, 128;
2:24 the sons of ①Azmaveth, 42;
▷ ①In Neh 7:28, Beth-azmaveth
2:25 the sons of ①Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
▷ ①In Neh 7:29, Kiriath-jearim
2:26 the sons of Ramah and Geba, 621;
2:27 the men of Michmas, 122;
2:28 the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;
2:29 the sons of Nebo, 52;
2:30 the sons of Magbish, 156;
2:31 the sons of the other Elam, 1,254;
2:32 the sons of Harim, 320;
2:33 the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725;
2:34 the ①men of Jericho, 345;
▷ ①Lit sons
2:35 the sons of Senaah, 3,630.
2:36 The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973;
2:37 the sons of Immer, 1,052;
2:38 the sons of Pashhur, 1,247;
2:39 the sons of Harim, 1,017.
2:40 The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of ①Hodaviah, 74.
▷ ①In Ezra 3:9, Judah; in Neh 7:43, Hodevah
2:41 The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128.
2:42 The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, 139 in all.
2:43 The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
2:44 the sons of Keros, the sons of ①Siaha, the sons of Padon,
▷ ①In Neh 7:47, Sia
2:45 the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub,
2:46 the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan,
2:47 the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah,
2:48 the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,
2:49 the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,
2:50 the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of ①Nephisim,
▷ ①In Neh 7:52, Nephushesim
2:51 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,
2:52 the sons of ①Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,
▷ ①In Neh 7:54, Bazlith
2:53 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,
2:54 the sons of Neziah, and the sons of Hatipha.
2:55 The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of ①Hassophereth, the sons of ②Peruda,
▷ ①In Neh 7:57, Sophereth ②In Neh 7:57, Perida
2:56 the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
2:57 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the sons of ①Ami.
▷ ①In Neh 7:59, Amon
2:58 All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants totaled 392.
2:59 Now these were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, ①Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to ②provide evidence of their fathers’ households and their ③descendants, whether they were of Israel:
▷ ①In Neh 7:61, Addon ②Lit tell ③Lit seed
2:60 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, 652.
2:61 Of the sons of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and he was called by their name.
2:62 These searched among their genealogical registration but they could not be located; so they were considered defiled and excluded from the priesthood.
2:63 The ①governor said to them that they were not to eat from the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim.
▷ ①Heb Tirshatha, a Persian title
2:64 The whole assembly together totaled 42,360,
2:65 besides their male and female slaves ①who totaled 7,337; and they had two hundred singing men and women.
▷ ①Lit these
2:66 Their horses numbered 736; their mules, 245;
2:67 their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720.
2:68 Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they arrived at the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to erect it on its site.
2:69 According to their ability they gave to the treasury for the work sixty-one thousand gold drachmas, five thousand silver minas, and a hundred priestly ①garments.
▷ ①Or tunics
2:70 Now the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.