Ezra 2:1-60
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Exiles Who Returned
2 These(A) now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon[a] had deported to Babylon.(B) They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. 2 They came with Zerubbabel,(C) Jeshua,(D) Nehemiah, Seraiah,(E) Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the Israelite men included:[b]
3 Parosh’s descendants(F) | 2,172 |
4 Shephatiah’s descendants | 372 |
5 Arah’s descendants | 775 |
6 Pahath-moab’s descendants: | |
Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants | 2,812 |
7 Elam’s descendants | 1,254 |
8 Zattu’s descendants | 945 |
9 Zaccai’s descendants | 760 |
10 Bani’s descendants | 642 |
11 Bebai’s descendants | 623 |
12 Azgad’s descendants | 1,222 |
13 Adonikam’s descendants(G) | 666 |
14 Bigvai’s descendants | 2,056 |
15 Adin’s descendants | 454 |
16 Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah | 98 |
17 Bezai’s descendants | 323 |
18 Jorah’s descendants | 112 |
19 Hashum’s descendants | 223 |
20 Gibbar’s descendants | 95 |
21 Bethlehem’s(H) people | 123 |
22 Netophah’s men | 56 |
23 Anathoth’s men | 128 |
24 Azmaveth’s people | 42 |
25 Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people | 743 |
26 Ramah’s(I) and Geba’s people | 621 |
27 Michmas’s men | 122 |
28 Bethel’s and Ai’s(J) men | 223 |
29 Nebo’s people | 52 |
30 Magbish’s people | 156 |
31 the other Elam’s people | 1,254 |
32 Harim’s people | 320 |
33 Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people | 725 |
34 Jericho’s(K) people | 345 |
35 Senaah’s people | 3,630 |
36 The priests included:
Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua | 973 |
37 Immer’s descendants | 1,052 |
38 Pashhur’s descendants | 1,247 |
39 and Harim’s descendants | 1,017 |
40 The Levites included:
Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants | |
from Hodaviah’s descendants | 74 |
41 The singers included:
Asaph’s(L) descendants | 128 |
42 The gatekeepers’(M) descendants included:
Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, | |
Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, | |
Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all | 139 |
43 The temple servants(N) included:
Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,
Tabbaoth’s descendants, 44 Keros’s descendants,
Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
45 Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,
Akkub’s descendants, 46 Hagab’s descendants,
Shalmai’s[c] descendants, Hanan’s descendants,
47 Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,
Reaiah’s descendants, 48 Rezin’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,
49 Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,
Besai’s descendants, 50 Asnah’s descendants,
Meunim’s[d] descendants, Nephusim’s[e] descendants,
51 Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,
Harhur’s descendants, 52 Bazluth’s descendants,
Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,
53 Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,
Temah’s descendants, 54 Neziah’s descendants,
and Hatipha’s descendants.
55 The descendants of Solomon’s servants(O) included:
Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, | |
Peruda’s descendants, 56 Jaalah’s descendants, | |
Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants, | |
57 Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, | |
Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants. | |
58 All the temple servants | |
and the descendants of Solomon’s servants | 392. |
59 The 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:
60 Delaiah’s descendants, | |
Tobiah’s descendants, | |
Nekoda’s descendants | 652 |
Ezra 2:1-60
Lexham English Bible
The List of Returned Exiles
2 Now these were the people[a] of the province who came up from the captivity of the exile whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city. 2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel: 3 the descendants[b] of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two; 4 the descendants[c] of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two; 5 the descendants[d] of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five; 6 the descendants[e] of Pahath-moab, particularly the descendants[f] of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve; 7 the descendants[g] of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; 8 the descendants[h] of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five; 9 the descendants[i] of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty; 10 the descendants[j] of Bani, six hundred and forty-two; 11 the descendants[k] of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three; 12 the descendants[l] of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two; 13 the descendants[m] of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six; 14 the descendants[n] of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six; 15 the descendants[o] of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four; 16 the descendants[p] of Ater, particularly of Hezekiah, ninety-eight; 17 the descendants[q] of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three; 18 the descendants[r] of Jorah, one hundred and twelve; 19 the descendants[s] of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three; 20 the descendants[t] of Gibbar, ninety-five; 21 the people[u] of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three; 22 the men of Netophah, fifty-six; 23 the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight; 24 the people[v] of Azmaveth, forty-two; 25 the people[w] of Kiriath Αrim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three; 26 the people[x] of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one; 27 the men of Micmash, one hundred and twenty-two; 28 the men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three; 29 the people[y] of Nebo, fifty-two; 30 the people[z] of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six; 31 the people[aa] of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; 32 the people[ab] of Harim, three hundred and twenty; 33 the people[ac] of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five; 34 the people[ad] of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five; 35 the people[ae] of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.
36 The priests: the descendants[af] of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three; 37 the descendants[ag] of Immer, one thousand fifty-two; 38 the descendants[ah] of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven; 39 the descendants[ai] of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
40 The Levites: the descendants[aj] of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants[ak] of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
41 The singers: the descendants[al] of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.
42 The descendants[am] of the gatekeepers: the descendants[an] of Shallum, the descendants[ao] of Ater, the descendants[ap] of Talmon, the descendants[aq] of Akkub, the descendants[ar] of Hatita, and the descendants[as] of Shobai; in total one hundred and thirty-nine.
43 The temple servants: the descendants[at] of Ziha, the descendants[au] of Hasupha, the descendants[av] of Tabbaoth, 44 the descendants[aw] of Keros, the descendants[ax] of Siaha, the descendants[ay] of Padon, 45 the descendants[az] of Lebanah, the descendants[ba] of Hagabah, the descendants[bb] of Akkub, 46 the descendants[bc] of Hagab, the descendants[bd] of Shamlai, the descendants[be] of Hanan, 47 the descendants[bf] of Giddel, the descendants[bg] of Gahar, the descendants[bh] of Reaiah, 48 the descendants[bi] of Rezin, the descendants[bj] of Nekoda, the descendants[bk] of Gazzam, 49 the descendants[bl] of Uzza, the descendants[bm] of Paseah, the descendants[bn] of Besai, 50 the descendants[bo] of Asnah, the descendants[bp] of Meunim, the descendants[bq] of Nephisim, 51 the descendants[br] of Bakbuk, the descendants[bs] of Hakupha, the descendants[bt] of Harhur, 52 the descendants[bu] of Bazluth, the descendants[bv] of Mehida, the descendants[bw] of Harsha, 53 the descendants[bx] of Barkos, the descendants[by] of Sisera, the descendants[bz] of Temah, 54 the descendants[ca] of Neziah, and the descendants[cb] of Hatipha.
55 The descendants[cc] of Solomon’s servants: the descendants[cd] of Sotai, the descendants[ce] of Hassophereth, the descendants[cf] of Peruda, 56 the descendants[cg] of Jaalah, the descendants[ch] of Darkon, the descendants[ci] of Giddel, 57 the descendants[cj] of Shephatiah, the descendants[ck] of Hattil, the descendants[cl] of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants[cm] of Ami.
58 All the temple servants and the descendants[cn] of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
59 Now these were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their fathers’ household and their descent, if they were from Israel: 60 the descendants[co] of Delaiah, the descendants[cp] of Tobiah, and the descendants[cq] of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.
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