Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and
the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, I
gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle
charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing
man than many. And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem
be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are still standing
guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from among
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their guard posts and some in
front of their own homes.” The city was wide and large, but the
people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.
Then my God put it into my heart 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:
These were the people of the province who came up out of the
captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each
to his town. They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah,
Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum,
Baanah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel: the sons of
Parosh, 2,172. The sons of Shephatiah, 372. The sons of Arah, 652.
The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818.
The sons of Elam, 1,254. The sons of Zattu, 845. The sons of
Zaccai, 760. The sons of Binnui, 648. The sons of Bebai, 628. The
sons of Azgad, 2,322. The sons of Adonikam, 667. The sons of
Bigvai, 2,067. The sons of Adin, 655. The sons of Ater, namely of
Hezekiah, 98. The sons of Hashum, 328. The sons of Bezai, 324. The
sons of Hariph, 112. The sons of Gibeon, 95. The men of Bethlehem
and Netophah, 188. The men of Anathoth, 128. The men of Beth-
azmaveth, 42. The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth,
743. The men of Ramah and Geba, 621. The men of Michmas, 122. The
men of Bethel and Ai, 123. The men of the other Nebo, 52. The sons
of the other Elam, 1,254. The sons of Harim, 320. The sons of
Jericho, 345. The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721. The sons of
Senaah, 3,930.
The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua,
973. The sons of Immer, 1,052. The sons of Pashhur, 1,247. The sons
of Harim, 1,017.
The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the sons of
Hodevah, 74. The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148. The gatekeepers:
the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons
of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, 138.
The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the
sons of Tabbaoth, the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of
Padon, the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai,
the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons
of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of
Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,
the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephushesim, the sons of Bakbuk,
the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, the sons of Bazlith, the
sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, the sons of Barkos, the sons of
Sisera, the sons of Temah, the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.
The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of
Sophereth, the sons of Perida, the sons of Jaala, the sons of
Darkon, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of
Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Amon.
All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were
392.
The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha,
Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove their fathers'
houses nor their descent, whether they belonged to Israel: the sons
of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642. Also, of
the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of
Barzillai (who had taken a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the
Gileadite and was called by their name). 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. The governor told them that they were not to partake of
the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should
arise.
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.
Now some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the work. The
governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 basins, 30
priests' garments and 500 minas of silver. 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.
So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some
of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their
towns.
And when the seventh month had come, the people of Israel were in
their towns.
