And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?”

And they sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner.

In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.

the sons of Parosh, 2,172.

The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818.

The sons of Azgad, 2,322.

The sons of Bigvai, 2,067.

The men of Anathoth, 128.

The men of Beth-azmaveth, 42.

The men of Michmas, 122.

The men of Bethel and Ai, 123.

Totals of People and Gifts

The whole assembly together was 42,360,

besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337. And they had 245 singers, male and female.

Their horses were 736, their mules 245,

their camels 435, and their donkeys 6,720.

And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.

And what the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests' garments.

All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 valiant men.

and his brothers, heads of fathers' houses, 242; and Amashsai, the son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,

and their brothers, mighty men of valor, 128; their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.

All the Levites in the holy city were 284.