Ezra 2
International Standard Version
A List of Those who Returned(A)
2 Here is a list[a] of descendants of the province of Judah[b] who returned from the captivity, from those who had been exiled. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken them to Babylon. They came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each one to his town, 2 along with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah,[c] Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar,[d] Bigvai, Rehum,[e] and Baanah. Here is the enumeration of:
The Men of Israel:
3 Descendants of[f] Parosh: 2,172
4 Descendants of Shephatiah: 372
5 Descendants of Arah: 775[g]
6 Descendants of Pahath-moab; that is, through Jeshua and Joab: 2,812[h]
7 Descendants of Elam: 1,254
8 Descendants of Zattu: 945[i]
9 Descendants of Zaccai: 760
10 Descendants of Bani:[j] 642[k]
11 Descendants of Bebai: 623[l]
12 Descendants of Azgad: 1,222[m]
13 Descendants of Adonikam: 666[n]
14 Descendants of Bigvai: 2,056[o]
15 Descendants of Adin: 454[p]
16 Descendants of Ater through Hezekiah: 98
17 Descendants of Bezai: 323[q]
18 Descendants of Jorah:[r] 112
19 Descendants of Hashum: 223[s]
20 Descendants of Gibbar:[t] 95
21 Descendants of exiles from[u] Bethlehem: 123
22 People from[v] Netophah: 56[w]
23 People from Anathoth: 128
24 Descendants of exiles from Azmaveth:[x] 42
25 Descendants of exiles from Kiriath-arim;[y] that is, Chephirah and Beeroth: 743
26 Descendants of exiles from Ramah and Geba: 621
27 People from Michmas: 122
28 People from Bethel and Ai: 223[z]
29 Descendants of exiles from Nebo: 52
30 Descendants of exiles from Magbish: 156
31 Descendants of exiles from the other Elam: 1,254
32 Descendants of exiles from Harim: 320
33 Descendants of exiles from Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 725[aa]
34 Descendants of exiles from Jericho: 345
35 Descendants of exiles from Senaah: 3,630[ab]
36 The Priests:
Descendants of Jedaiah from the household of Jeshua: 973
37 Descendants of Immer: 1,052
38 Descendants of Pashhur: 1,247
39 Descendants of Harim: 1,017
40 The Descendants of Levi:
Descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel; that is, descendants of Hodaviah:[ac] 74
41 The Singers:
Descendants of Asaph: 128[ad]
42 The Descendants of the Gatekeepers:
Descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, totaling: 139[ae]
43 The Temple Servants:[af]
Descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, and Tabbaoth.
44 Descendants of Keros, Siaha,[ag] and Padon.
45 Descendants of Lebanah, Hagabah, and Akkub.[ah]
46 Descendants of Hagab, Shalmai, and Hanan.
47 Descendants of Giddel, Gahar, and Reaiah.
48 Descendants of Rezin, Nekoda, and Gazzam.
49 Descendants of Uzza, Paseah, and Besai.
50 Descendants of Asnah,[ai] Meunim, and Nephusim.
51 Descendants of Bakbuk, Hakupha, and Harhur.
52 Descendants of Bazluth, Mehida, and Harsha.
53 Descendants of Barkos, Sisera, and Temah.
54 Descendants of Neziah and Hatipha.
55 The Descendants of Solomon’s Servants:
Descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth,[aj] and Peruda.[ak]
56 Descendants of Jaalah,[al] Darkon, and Giddel.
57 Descendants of Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Ami.[am]
58 All of the Temple Servants and descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392.
Non-Documented Persons(B)
59 Here is a list of returnees from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer who could not prove their ancestry and lineage from Israel:
60 Descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda: 652[an]
61 Descendants of the Priests:
Descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz,[ao] and Barzillai, who married one of the daughters of Barzillai from Gilead and took that name.
62 These people searched for their ancestral registrations but they couldn’t be located. Accordingly, they were assigned an “unclean” status and couldn’t be priests. 63 Governor Zerubbabel[ap] also ruled that they shouldn’t eat anything holy until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim.[aq]
64 The entire assembly numbered 42,360, 65 not including 7,337 male and female servants, along with 200[ar] singing men and women. 66 In addition, they had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Gifts for the Temple(C)
68 When they arrived at the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families contributed toward building the Temple of God on its former site. 69 They contributed to the treasury for this work in accordance with their ability: 61,000 golden drachma, 5,000 units[as] of silver, and 100 priestly robes. 70 As a result, the priests, descendants of Levi, certain people, the singers, door-keepers, and the Temple Servants were able to settle in their original cities, with the rest of the Israelis in their cities.
Footnotes
- Ezra 2:1 Cf. Neh 7:6
- Ezra 2:1 The Heb. lacks of Judah
- Ezra 2:2 MT of Neh 7:7 lacks Seraiah, Reelaiah
- Ezra 2:2 Cf. Neh 7:7 Mispereth
- Ezra 2:2 Cf. Neh 7:7 Nehum
- Ezra 2:3 Lit. Sons of; and so throughout the chapter
- Ezra 2:5 Cf. Neh 7:10 652
- Ezra 2:6 Cf. Neh 7:11 2,818
- Ezra 2:8 Cf. Neh 7:13 845
- Ezra 2:10 Cf. Neh 7:13 Binnui
- Ezra 2:10 Cf. Neh 7:13 648
- Ezra 2:11 Cf. Neh 7:16 628
- Ezra 2:12 Cf. Neh 7:17 2,322
- Ezra 2:13 Cf. Neh 7:18 667
- Ezra 2:14 Cf. Neh 7:19 2,067
- Ezra 2:15 Cf. Neh 7:20 655
- Ezra 2:17 Cf. Neh 7:22 328
- Ezra 2:18 Cf. Neh 7:24 Hariph
- Ezra 2:19 Cf. Neh 7:22 328
- Ezra 2:20 Cf. Neh 7:25 Gibeon
- Ezra 2:21 The Heb. lacks exiles from; and so through v. 35
- Ezra 2:22 Lit. Men of; and so in vv. 23, 27, and 28
- Ezra 2:22 Cf. Neh 7:26, where the combined total is 188
- Ezra 2:24 Cf. Neh 7:28 Beth-azmaveth
- Ezra 2:25 Cf. Neh 7:29 Kiriath-jearim
- Ezra 2:28 Cf. Neh 7:32 123
- Ezra 2:33 Cf. Neh 7:37 721
- Ezra 2:35 Cf. Neh 7:38 3,930
- Ezra 2:40 Cf. Neh 7:43 Hodevah
- Ezra 2:41 Cf. Neh 7:44 148
- Ezra 2:42 Cf. Neh 7:45 138
- Ezra 2:43 Heb. Nethinim; i.e. a division of special assistants to the descendants of Levi, originally appointed by King David; and so throughout the book; cf. Ezra 2:58; 2:70; 7:7,24; 8:17,20
- Ezra 2:44 Cf. Neh 7:47 Sia
- Ezra 2:45 Cf. Neh 7:48 Shalmai
- Ezra 2:50 Cf. Neh 7:52 Besai
- Ezra 2:55 Cf. Neh 7:57 Sophereth
- Ezra 2:55 Cf. Neh 7:57 Perida
- Ezra 2:56 Cf. Neh 7:58 Jaala
- Ezra 2:57 Cf. Neh 7:59 Ammon
- Ezra 2:60 Cf. Neh 7:62 642
- Ezra 2:61 Cf. Neh 7:63 Koz
- Ezra 2:63 The Heb. lacks Zerubbabel
- Ezra 2:63 I.e. a high priest to whom God would reveal his will through the jewel-encrusted breastplate that he wore; cf. Exod 28:30, Neh 7:65
- Ezra 2:65 Cf. Neh 7:66 245
- Ezra 2:69 Lit. mina
Ezra 2
English Standard Version
The Exiles Return
2 (A)Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles (B)whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. 2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, (C)Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel: 3 (D)the sons of Parosh, 2,172. 4 The sons of Shephatiah, 372. 5 The sons of Arah, 775. 6 The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812. 7 The sons of Elam, 1,254. 8 The sons of Zattu, 945. 9 The sons of Zaccai, 760. 10 The sons of Bani, 642. 11 The sons of Bebai, 623. 12 The sons of Azgad, 1,222. 13 The sons of Adonikam, 666. 14 The sons of Bigvai, 2,056. 15 The sons of Adin, 454. 16 The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, 98. 17 The sons of Bezai, 323. 18 The sons of Jorah, 112. 19 The sons of Hashum, 223. 20 The sons of Gibbar, 95. 21 The sons of Bethlehem, 123. 22 The men of Netophah, 56. 23 The men of Anathoth, 128. 24 The sons of Azmaveth, 42. 25 The sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743. 26 The sons of Ramah and Geba, 621. 27 The men of Michmas, 122. 28 The men of Bethel and Ai, 223. 29 The sons of Nebo, 52. 30 The sons of Magbish, 156. 31 The sons of (E)the other Elam, 1,254. 32 The sons of Harim, 320. 33 The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725. 34 The sons of Jericho, 345. 35 The sons of Senaah, 3,630.
36 The priests: the (F)sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973. 37 The sons of Immer, 1,052. 38 The (G)sons of Pashhur, 1,247. 39 The sons of Harim, 1,017.
40 The Levites: the sons of (H)Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, 74. 41 The singers: the sons of (I)Asaph, 128. 42 The sons of the (J)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, in all 139.
43 (K)The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, 44 the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon, 45 the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub, 46 the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shamlai, the sons of Hanan, 47 the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah, 48 the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam, 49 the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai, 50 the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephisim, 51 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, 52 the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, 53 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah, 54 the sons of Neziah, and the sons of Hatipha.
55 (L)The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda, 56 the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, 57 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the sons of Ami.
58 All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392.
59 The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, (M)though they could not prove their fathers' houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel: 60 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, 652. 61 Also, of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of (N)Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name). 62 These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and (O)so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 63 The (P)governor told them that they were not (Q)to partake of the most holy food, until there should be a priest to consult (R)Urim and Thummim.
64 (S)The whole assembly together was 42,360, 65 besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female (T)singers. 66 Their horses were 736, their mules were 245, 67 their camels were 435, and their donkeys were 6,720.
68 (U)Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site. 69 According to their ability they gave to (V)the treasury of the work 61,000 darics[a] of gold, 5,000 minas[b] of silver, and 100 priests' garments.
70 (W)Now the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel[c] in their towns.
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