Ezra 2 Free Bible Version
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1 This is a list of the Jewish exiles from the province who returned from captivity after King Nebuchadnezzar had taken them away to Babylon. They went back to Jerusalem and to their own towns in Judah.
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 Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is 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 sons of Parosh, 2,172;
3 The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
4 the sons of Shephatiah, 372;
4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
5 the sons of Arah, 775;
5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
6 the sons of Pahath-moab (sons of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;
6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
7 the sons of Elam, 1,254;
7 The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
8 the sons of Zattu, 945;
8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.
9 the sons of Zaccai, 760;
9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
10 the sons of Bani, 642;
10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.
11 the sons of Bebai, 623;
11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.
12 the sons of Azgad, 1,222;
12 The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
13 the sons of Adonikam, 666;
13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
14 the sons of Bigvai, 2,056;
14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
15 the sons of Adin, 454;
15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
16 the sons of Ater (sons of Hezekiah), 98;
16 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
17 the sons of Bezai, 323;
17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.
18 the sons of Jorah, 112;
18 The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve.
19 the sons of Hashum, 223;
19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty-three.
20 the sons of Gibbar, 95;
20 The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.
21 the people from Bethlehem, 123;
21 The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
22 the people from Netophah, 56;
22 The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
23 the people from Anathoth, 128;
23 The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
24 the people from Beth-azmaveth, 42;
24 The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
25 the people from Kiriath-jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
25 The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
26 the people from Ramah and Geba, 621;
26 The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
27 the people from Micmash, 122;
27 The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
28 the people from Bethel and Ai, 223;
28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
29 the sons of Nebo, 52;
29 The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
30 the sons of Magbish, 156;
30 The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
31 the sons of Elam, 1,254;
31 The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
32 the sons of Harim, 320;
32 The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
33 the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725;
33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
34 the sons of Jericho, 345;
34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
35 the sons of Senaah, 3,630.
35 The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
36 This is the number of the priests: the sons of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua), 973;
36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
37 the sons of Immer, 1,052;
37 The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
38 the sons of Pashhur, 1,247;
38 The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
39 the sons of Harim, 1,017.
39 The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
40 This is the number of the Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel (sons of Hodaviah), 74;
40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
41 the singers of the sons of Asaph, 128;
41 The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.
42 the gatekeepers of the families of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, 139.
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 descendants of these Temple servants: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
43 The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
44 Keros, Siaha, Padon,
44 the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
45 the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
46 the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
47 the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
48 the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
49 the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
50 the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim,
51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
51 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
52 the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
53 the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
54 Neziah, and Hatipha.
54 the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
55 The descendants of King Solomon's servants: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
55 The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
56 the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-hazzebaim, and Ami.
57 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
58 The total of the Temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants was 392.
58 All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
59 Those who came from the towns of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer could not prove their family genealogy, or even that they were descendants of Israel.
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 They included the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 652 in total.
60 the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
61 In addition there were three priestly families, sons of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai. (Barzillai had married a woman descended from Barzillai of Gilead, and he was called by that 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 searched for a record of them in the genealogies, but their names weren't found, so they were barred from serving as 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 The governor instructed them not to eat anything from the sanctuary sacrifices until a priest could ask the Lord about the issue by using the 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 total of number of people returning was 42,360.
64 The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
65 In addition there were 7,337 servants and 200 male and female singers.
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 736 horses, 245 mules,
66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
67 their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
68 When they arrived at the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders made voluntary contributions toward the rebuilding of God's Temple where it had once stood.
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 They gave depending on how much they had, putting their gift into the treasury. The total came to 61,000 gold daric coins, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.
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 The priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, the Temple servants, as well as some of the people went back to live in their specific towns. The others returned to their own towns throughout Israel.
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