And this was the number of them: 30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers,

30 bowls of gold, 410 bowls of silver, and 1,000 other vessels;

the sons of Parosh, 2,172.

The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812.

The sons of Bigvai, 2,056.

The sons of Adin, 454.

The sons of Hashum, 223.

The sons of Bethlehem, 123.

The men of Anathoth, 128.

The sons of Azmaveth, 42.

The men of Michmas, 122.

The men of Bethel and Ai, 223.

The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128.

The whole assembly together was 42,360,

besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female singers.

Their horses were 736, their mules were 245,

their camels were 435, and their donkeys were 6,720.

and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River.

The King Orders the Work to Cease

The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now

At the same time Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus: “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?”

They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men.

Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men.

Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and with him 28 men.

also Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20;