2: 1 Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
2: 2 who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, 3Seraiah, 4Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, 5Mispar, Bigvai, 6Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
3In Neh 7:7, Azariah,
4In Neh 7:7, Raamaiah,
5In Neh 7:7, Mispereth,
6In Neh 7:7, Nehum,


2: 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
2: 4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
2: 5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
2: 6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
2: 7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four.
2: 8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.
2: 9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
2: 10 The children of 7Bani, six hundred forty-two.
7In Neh 7:15, Binnui,

2: 11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.
2: 12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty-two.
2: 13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
2: 14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
2: 15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
2: 16 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
2: 17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.
2: 18 The children of 8Jorah, a hundred twelve.
8In Neh 7:24, Hariph,

2: 19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty-three.
2: 20 The children of 9Gibbar, ninety-five.
9In Neh 7:25, Gibeon,

2: 21 The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty-three.
2: 22 The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
2: 23 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty-eight.
2: 24 The children of 10Azmaveth, forty-two.
10 In Neh 7:28, Beth-azmaveth, or, house of Azmaveth

2: 25 The children of 11Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
11In Neh 7:29, Kiriath-jearim,

2: 26 The children of Ramah and Beba, six hundred twenty-one.
2: 27 The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty-two.
2: 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
2: 29 The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
2: 30 The children of Magbish, a hundred fifty-six.
2: 31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four.
2: 32 The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
2: 33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
2: 34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
2: 35 The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
2: 36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy three.
2: 37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty-two.
2: 38 The children of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty-seven.
2: 39 The children of Harim, a thousand seventeen.
2: 40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadniel, of the children of 12Hodaviah, seventy-four.
12In ch. 3:9, Judah, In Neh 7:43, Hodevah,

2: 41 The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty-eight.
2: 42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty-nine.
2: 43 The 13Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
13Hb. given ones: That is, hereditary temple servants: Also in vss. 58, 70.

2: 44 the children of Keros, the children of 14Siaha, the children of Padon,
14In Neh 7:47, Sia,

2: 45 the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
2: 46 the children of Hagab, the children of 15Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
15In Neh 7:48, Salmai,

2: 47 the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
2: 48 the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
2: 49 the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
2: 50 the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of 16Nephisim,
16Hbmg Aram., Vg. read Nephusim, In Neh 7:52,  Nephushesim,

2: 51 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
2: 52 the children of 17Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
17In Neh 7:54, Bazlith,

2: 53 the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
2: 54 the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
2: 55 The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of 18Hassophereth, the children of 19Perudah,
18In Neh 7:57, Sophereth,
19In Neh 7:57, Perida,


2: 56 the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
2: 57 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of 20Ami.
20In Neh 7:59, Amon.

2: 58 All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
2: 59 And these were they that went up from Tel-meleh, Tel-harsha, Cherub, 21Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
21In Neh 7:61, Addon,

2: 60 the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
2: 61 And of the children of the priests: the children of 22Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
22In Neh 7:63, Hobaiah,

2: 62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore 23were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
23Hb. They were polluted from the priesthood.

2: 63 And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
2: 64 The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
2: 65 besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
2: 66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
2: 67 their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
2: 68 And some of the heads of fathers’ houses, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:
2: 69 they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand 24darics of gold, and five thousand 25pounds of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
241 daric = 8.3 gm; 61,000 darics = 0.506 metric ton
25Hb. maneh = 0.58 kg; 5,000 maneh = 2.9 metric tons


2: 70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.