⁴ The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few and no houses had been built.

Lists of the Returned Exiles

⁵ Then God put it into my mind to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it:

⁶ These were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnez′zar the king of Babylon had carried into exile; they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town. ⁷ They came with Zerub′babel, Jeshua, Nehemi′ah, Azari′ah, Raami′ah, Naham′ani, Mor′decai, Bilshan, Mis′pereth, Big′vai, Nehum, Ba′anah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel: ⁸ the sons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy-two. ⁹ The sons of Shephati′ah, three hundred and seventy-two. ¹⁰ The sons of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two. ¹¹ The sons of Pa′hath-mo′ab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Jo′ab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen. ¹² The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four. ¹³ The sons of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five. ¹⁴ The sons of Zac′cai, seven hundred and sixty. ¹⁵ The sons of Bin′nui, six hundred and forty-eight. ¹⁶ The sons of Be′bai, six hundred and twenty-eight. ¹⁷ The sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two. ¹⁸ The sons of Adoni′kam, six hundred and sixty-seven. ¹⁹ The sons of Big′vai, two thousand and sixty-seven. ²⁰ The sons of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five. ²¹ The sons of Ater, namely of Hezeki′ah, ninety-eight. ²² The sons of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight. ²³ The sons of Be′zai, three hundred and twenty-four. ²⁴ The sons of Hariph, a hundred and twelve. ²⁵ The sons of Gibeon, ninety-five. ²⁶ The men of Bethlehem and Neto′phah, a hundred and eighty-eight. ²⁷ The men of An′athoth, a hundred and twenty-eight. ²⁸ The men of Beth-az′maveth, forty-two. ²⁹ The men of Kir′iath-je′arim, Chephi′rah, and Be-er′oth, seven hundred and forty-three. ³⁰ The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one. ³¹ The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two. ³² The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three. ³³ The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two. ³⁴ The sons of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four. ³⁵ The sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty. ³⁶ The sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five. ³⁷ The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one. ³⁸ The sons of Sena′ah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

³⁹ The priests: the sons of Jedai′ah, namely the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three. ⁴⁰ The sons of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two. ⁴¹ The sons of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred and forty-seven. ⁴² The sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

⁴³ The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kad′mi-el of the sons of Ho′devah, seventy-four. ⁴⁴ The singers: the sons of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight. ⁴⁵ The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hati′ta, the sons of Sho′bai, a hundred and thirty-eight.

⁴⁶ The temple servants:^[a] the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasu′pha, the sons of Tabba′oth, ⁴⁷ the sons of Keros, the sons of Si′a, the sons of Padon, ⁴⁸ the sons of Leba′na, the sons of Hag′aba, the sons of Shalmai, ⁴⁹ the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, ⁵⁰ the sons of Re-ai′ah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Neko′da, ⁵¹ the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Pase′ah, ⁵² the sons of Besai, the sons of Me-u′nim, the sons of Nephush′esim, ⁵³ the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Haku′pha, the sons of Harhur, ⁵⁴ the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehi′da, the sons of Harsha, ⁵⁵ the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sis′era, the sons of Temah, ⁵⁶ the sons of Nezi′ah, the sons of Hati′pha.

⁵⁷ The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of So′tai, the sons of So′phereth, the sons of Peri′da, ⁵⁸ the sons of Ja′ala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, ⁵⁹ the sons of Shephati′ah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Po′chereth-hazzeba′im, the sons of Amon.

⁶⁰ All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.

⁶¹ The following were those who came up from Tel-me′lah, Tel-har′sha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove their fathers’ houses nor their descent, whether they belonged to Israel: ⁶² the sons of Delai′ah, the sons of Tobi′ah, the sons of Neko′da, six hundred and forty-two. ⁶³ Also, of the priests: the sons of Hobai′ah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzil′lai (who had taken a wife of the daughters of Barzil′lai the Gileadite and was called by their name). ⁶⁴ These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean; ⁶⁵ the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food, until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise.

⁶⁶ The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁷ besides their menservants and maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five singers, male and female. ⁶⁸ Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five,^{[b] 69} their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and their asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.