Ezra 2 Bible in Basic English
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1 Now these are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and taken away to Babylon, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his town;
1 Now these are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;
2 Who went with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah, The number of the men of the people of Israel:
2 who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
3 The children of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two.
3 The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
5 The children of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five.
5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and twelve.
6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
7 The children of Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four.
7 The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five.
8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.
9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
10 The children of Bani, six hundred and forty-two.
10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.
11 The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three.
11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.
12 The children of Azgad, a thousand, two hundred and twenty-two.
12 The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six.
13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six.
14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
15 The children of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four.
15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
16 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
16 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
17 The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three.
17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.
18 The children of Jorah, a hundred and twelve.
18 The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve.
19 The children of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three.
19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty-three.
20 The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.
20 The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.
21 The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred and twenty-three.
21 The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
22 The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
22 The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
23 The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
23 The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
24 The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
24 The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
25 The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
25 The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
26 The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.
26 The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
27 The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
27 The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three.
28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
29 The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
29 The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
30 The children of Magbish, a hundred and fifty-six.
30 The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four.
31 The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
32 The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.
33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
34 The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
35 The children of Senaah, three thousand, six hundred and thirty.
35 The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
37 The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two.
37 The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
38 The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.
38 The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
39 The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
41 The music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and twenty-eight
41 The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.
42 The children of the door-keepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-nine.
42 The children of the gatekeepers: 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 one hundred thirty-nine.
43 The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
43 The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
44 the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
45 the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
46 the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
47 the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
48 the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
49 the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50 The children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim,
50 the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim,
51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
51 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
52 the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
53 the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
54 the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
55 The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
56 the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
57 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
58 All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.
58 All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
59 And these were the people who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer. But having no knowledge of their fathers' families or offspring, it was not certain that they were Israelites;
59 These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses and their offspring, whether they were of Israel:
60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.
60 the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.
61 Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, and the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
62 They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen; so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.
62 These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
63 And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.
63 The governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to serve with Urim and with Thummim.
64 The number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty,
64 The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
65 As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven: and they had two hundred men and women to make music.
65 in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
66 They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five transport beasts,
66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
67 Four hundred and thirty-five camels, six thousand, seven hundred and twenty asses.
67 their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
68 And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place:
68 Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they came to Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for God’s house to set it up in its place.
69 Every one, as he was able, gave for the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand pounds of silver and a hundred priests' robes.
69 They gave according to their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
70 So the priests and the Levites and the people and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, took up their places in their towns; even all Israel in their towns.
70 So the priests and the Levites, with some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Baanah
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Bigvai
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua; also the name of a returning family.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Bilshan
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Hakkoz
Named as the grandfather of Meremoth; Hakkoz is also a priestly family whose members could not prove their descent after the return.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:21
Jeshua
Levite who returned with Zerubbabel, supervised the temple work with Kadmiel, taught the people the Law, and led the confession and blessing. The list in Neh 10:9 names a Jeshua…
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9; Nehemiah 8:7
Kadmiel
Levite whose family returned and who, with Jeshua and the sons of Henadad, oversaw the temple builders; he later joined in the Levites’ prayer and the covenant.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9; Nehemiah 9:4
Mispar
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 7:7 gives Mispereth).
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Mordecai
Named among the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel; the text does not identify him with Esther’s Mordecai.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Nehemiah
One of the leaders who came back with Zerubbabel and Jeshua; not described further, and not necessarily the later governor.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Reelaiah
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 7:7 gives Raamiah).
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Rehum
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 7:7 gives Nehum).
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Seraiah
Named among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 7:7 gives the name as Azariah).
Cited in the guide: Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7
Cross references (62)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 25:11; 2 Kings 24:14–16; Nehemiah 7:6–73; Esther 1:11; Jeremiah 52:1–34
- 2 Haggai 2:4; Nehemiah 7:7; Haggai 1:12; Haggai 1:14; Haggai 1:1
- 3 Ezra 8:3; Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 7:8
- 4 Nehemiah 7:9; Ezra 8:8
- 5 Nehemiah 7:10; Nehemiah 6:18
- 6 Nehemiah 7:11; Ezra 8:9; Ezra 10:14; Ezra 10:30; Ezra 8:4
- 7 Ezra 10:26; Ezra 2:31; Ezra 8:7; Nehemiah 7:12
- 8 Nehemiah 7:13; Ezra 10:27
- 9 Nehemiah 7:14
- 10 Nehemiah 7:15; Ezra 10:34
- 11 Ezra 10:28; Ezra 8:11; Nehemiah 7:16
- 12 Nehemiah 7:17; Ezra 8:12
- 13 Ezra 8:13; Nehemiah 7:18
- 14 Nehemiah 7:19; Ezra 8:14
- 15 Nehemiah 7:20; Ezra 8:6
- 16 Nehemiah 7:21
- 17 Nehemiah 7:23
- 18 Nehemiah 7:24
- 19 Nehemiah 7:22; Ezra 10:33
- 20 Nehemiah 7:25
- 21 1 Chronicles 2:50–52
- 22 2 Samuel 23:28; 1 Chronicles 2:54; Nehemiah 7:26; Jeremiah 40:8
- 23 Jeremiah 11:21; Jeremiah 1:1; Isaiah 10:30; Joshua 21:18; Nehemiah 7:27
- 24 Nehemiah 7:28
- 25 Joshua 9:17; Nehemiah 7:29
- 26 Nehemiah 7:30; Joshua 18:24–25
- 27 1 Samuel 13:5; Isaiah 10:28; Nehemiah 7:31; 1 Samuel 13:23
- 28 Genesis 12:8; Joshua 8:9; Joshua 8:17; Joshua 7:2; Nehemiah 7:33
- 29 Deuteronomy 32:49; Nehemiah 7:33; Jeremiah 48:22; Numbers 32:3; Isaiah 15:2
- 31 Ezra 2:7; Nehemiah 7:34
- 32 Ezra 10:31; Nehemiah 7:35
- 33 Nehemiah 7:37; 1 Chronicles 8:12; Nehemiah 11:34–35; Nehemiah 6:2
- 34 1 Kings 16:34; Nehemiah 7:36; 2 Chronicles 28:15
- 35 Nehemiah 7:38
- 36 Ezra 3:9; 1 Chronicles 24:7–18; 1 Chronicles 9:10; Nehemiah 7:39
- 37 1 Chronicles 24:14; Ezra 10:20; Nehemiah 7:40
- 38 1 Chronicles 9:12; Ezra 10:22; Nehemiah 7:41
- 39 1 Chronicles 24:8; Nehemiah 7:42; Ezra 10:21
- 40 Ezra 3:9; Nehemiah 7:43
- 41 1 Chronicles 6:39; Nehemiah 7:44; 1 Chronicles 25:1–2; Nehemiah 11:17; 1 Chronicles 15:17
- 42 Nehemiah 7:45; 1 Chronicles 9:17; 1 Chronicles 26:1–19
- 43 1 Chronicles 9:2; Nehemiah 7:46–56; Nehemiah 10:28; Ezra 2:58
- 44 Nehemiah 7:47
- 45 Nehemiah 7:48
- 49 Nehemiah 7:51
- 50 Nehemiah 7:52
- 52 Nehemiah 7:54
- 53 Nehemiah 7:55
- 55 1 Kings 9:21; Nehemiah 7:57
- 56 Nehemiah 7:58
- 57 Nehemiah 7:59
- 58 1 Chronicles 9:2; 1 Kings 9:21; Joshua 9:23; Joshua 9:27; Joshua 9:21
- 59 Nehemiah 7:61
- 60 Nehemiah 7:62
- 61 2 Samuel 17:27; 1 Kings 2:7; Nehemiah 7:63–64; 2 Samuel 19:31–39
- 62 Numbers 3:10; Numbers 16:39–40; Leviticus 21:21–23; Numbers 18:7; Ezekiel 44:10–14
- 63 Numbers 27:21; Leviticus 2:10; Exodus 28:30; Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 22:10
- 64 Jeremiah 23:3; Isaiah 10:20–22; Nehemiah 7:66–69; Ezra 9:8
- 65 2 Samuel 19:35; Ecclesiastes 2:8; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Isaiah 14:1–2; Psalm 68:25
- 68 2 Corinthians 9:7; 2 Corinthians 8:3; Exodus 35:5–19; Exodus 36:3; Exodus 35:29
- 69 Ezra 8:25–34; 1 Kings 7:51; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 26:20–28; Nehemiah 7:71–72
- 70 Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 11:3–36; 1 Chronicles 11:2; 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 6:16–17
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences