Nehemiah 7:4-5

New International Version

The List of the Exiles Who Returned^(A)

⁴ Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it,^(B) and the houses had not yet been rebuilt. ⁵ So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there: