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2 Many years ago, the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had captured many Israelite people and taken them away to the kingdom of Babylon. Now, these Israelite people began to return to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, and some returned to other places in Judah. Each of them went to the towns where their ancestors had lived. This is a list of the groups who returned. 2 The leaders of those people who returned were Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The groups of people who returned to Judah are listed next.
3 2, 172 descendants of Parosh,
4 372 descendants of Shephatiah,
5 775 descendants of Arach,
6 2, 812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab,
7 1, 254 descendants of Elam,
8 945 descendants of Zattu,
9 760 descendants of Zaccai,
10 642 descendants of Bani,
11 623 descendants of Bebai,
12 1, 222 descendants of Azgad,
13 666 descendants of Adonikam,
14 2, 056 descendants of Bigvai,
15 454 descendants of Adin,
16 98 descendants of Ater, who descended from Hezekiah,
17 323 descendants of Bezai,
18 112 descendants of Jorah,
19 223 descendants of Hashum,
20 95 descendants of Gibbar.
21 The following is a list of people whose ancestors had lived in these towns in Judah:
123 from Bethlehem,
22 56 from Netophah,
23 128 from Anathoth,
24 42 from Azmaveth,
25 743 from Kiriath Arim, Kephirah, and Beeroth,
26 621 from Ramah and Geba,
27 122 from Michmas,
28 223 from Bethel and Ai,
29 52 from Nebo,
30 156 from Magbish,
31 1, 254 from the other Elam,
32 320 from Harim,
33 725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono,
34 345 from Jericho,
35 3, 630 from Senaah.
36 These are the priests who returned:
973 descendants of Jedaiah (that is, those who descended through Jeshua),
37 1, 052 descendants of Immer,
38 1, 247 descendants of Pashur,
39 1, 017 descendants of Harim,
40 These are the descendants of Levi who returned:
74 descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah,
41 128 musicians who were descendants of Asaph,
42 139 gatekeepers who were descendants of the gatekeepers Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai,
43 The following is a list of the temple workers who returned. They were the descendants of these men: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, 44 Keros, Siaha, Padon, 45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, 46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, 47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, 48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, 49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai, 50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, 51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, 52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, 53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah, 54 Neziah, and Hatipha.
55 The following descendants of King Solomon’s servants returned to Jerusalem. They were the descendants of these men: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, 56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, 57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami. 58 Altogether, there were 392 descendants of temple workers and Solomon’s servants who returned.
59 There was another group that returned to Judah from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cerub, Addon, and Immer in Babylonia. But they could not prove that they were genuine Israelites. 60 This group included 652 people who were descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda. 61 The descendants of the priests in this group included people belonging to Habaiah’s clan, Hakkoz’s clan, and Barzillai’s clan. Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai from the region of Gilead. He had taken the name of his father-in-law’s clan for himself. 62 The people in this group searched in the documents that listed the names of the descendants from the various Israelite clans, but they did not find their names there. So the officials did not permit them to do the work that priests did. 63 The governor told these men that they could not eat the shares of the sacrifices that only the priests could eat until a high priest could consult Yahweh by using the sacred lots to determine that they truly were descendants of priestly families. Only if the high priest determined that these men truly were priests could they eat the most sacred food.
64 Altogether in this group, 42, 360 Israelite people returned to Judah. 65 The Israelites also brought along with them 7, 337 male and female servants and 200 male and female musicians. 66 The Israelites also brought with them from Babylonia 736 horses, 245 mules, 67 435 camels, and 6, 720 donkeys.
68 When they arrived at the ruins of the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, some of the clan leaders gave money for the supplies needed to rebuild the temple in the same place where the old temple had been. 69 Each one gave as much as he was able to give for the work on the temple. Altogether, they gave 61,000 gold coins, 5,000 silver bars, and 100 robes for the priests.
70 So all of these priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers, temple servants, and other people returned to live in the towns and villages of the province of Judah. They settled in the places where their ancestors had lived.