1 When the wall was finished and I had set up the doors in place, and the gatekeepers and singers and Levites had been appointed, 2 I gave my brother Hanani charge over Jerusalem, along with Hananiah who had oversight of the fortress, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many. 3 I said to them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are on guard, you may shut the doors and bar them. Appoint guards from those who live in Jerusalem, some at the place of their guard station, and some in front of their own homes.” 4 Now the city was wide and large, but there were few people within it, and no houses had yet been rebuilt. 5 My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, the officials, and the people to enroll them by their families. I found the book of the genealogy of those who returned at the first and found the following written in it. 6 “These are the people of the province who went up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city. 7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel included the following. 8 The descendants of Parosh, 2,172. 9 The descendants of Shephatiah, 372. 10 The descendants of Arah, 652. 11 The descendants of Pahath-Moab, through the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818. 12 The descendants of Elam, 1,254. 13 The descendants of Zattu, 845. 14 The descendants of Zakkai, 760. 15 The descendants of Binnui, 648. 16 The descendants of Bebai, 628. 17 The descendants of Azgad, 2,322. 18 The descendants of Adonikam, 667. 19 The descendants of Bigvai, 2,067. 20 The descendants of Adin, 655. 21 The descendants of Ater, of Hezekiah, 98. 22 The descendants of Hashum, 328. 23 The descendants of Bezai, 324. 24 The descendants of Hariph, 112. 25 The descendants of Gibeon, 95. 26 The men from Bethlehem and Netophah, 188. 27 The men from Anathoth, 128. 28 The men of Beth Azmaveth, 42. 29 The men of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, 743. 30 The men of Ramah and Geba, 621. 31 The men of Michmas, 122. 32 The men of Bethel and Ai, 123. 33 The men of the other Nebo, 52. 34 The people of the other Elam, 1,254. 35 The men of Harim, 320. 36 The men of Jericho, 345. 37 The men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721. 38 The men of Senaah, 3,930. 39 The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (of the house of Jeshua), 973. 40 The descendants of Immer, 1,052. 41 The descendants of Pashhur, 1,247. 42 The descendants of Harim, 1,017. 43 The Levites: The descendants of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of Binnui, and of Hodevah, 74. 44 The singers: The descendants of Asaph, 148. 45 The gatekeepers of the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, the descendants of Shobai, 138. 46 The temple servants: The descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth, 47 the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Sia, the descendants of Padon, 48 the descendants of Lebana, the descendants of Hagaba, the descendants of Shalmai, 49 the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar. 50 The descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, 51 the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah, 52 the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephushesim. 53 The descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur, 54 the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha, 55 the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah, 56 the descendants of Neziah, the descendants of Hatipha. 57 The descendants of Solomon's servants: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida, 58 the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel, 59 the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the descendants of Amon. 60 All the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants, were 392. 61 These were the people who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer. But they could not prove that they or their ancestors' families were descendants from Israel: 62 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642. 63 Those who were from the priests: the descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who took his wife from the daughters of Barzillai of Gilead and was called by their name). 64 These sought their records among those enrolled by their genealogy, but they could not be found, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 65 Then the governor said to them that they should not be allowed to eat the priests' share of food from the sacrifices until there rose up a priest with Urim and Thummim. 66 The whole assembly together was 42,360, 67 besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337. They had 245 singing men and women. 68 Their horses were 736 in number, their mules, 245, 69 their camels, 435, and their donkeys, 6,720. 70 Some from among the heads of ancestors' families gave gifts for the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, 50 basins, and 530 priestly garments. 71 Some of the heads of ancestors' families gave into the treasury for the work twenty thousand darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver. 72 The rest of the people gave twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priestly garments. 73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities. By the seventh month the people of Israel were settled in their cities.”
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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
Hanani
One of Nehemiah’s brothers who brought the report from Judah about Jerusalem’s ruin; later put in charge of Jerusalem with Hananiah because he was faithful.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 1:2; Nehemiah 7:2
Hananiah
Appointed with Hanani to govern Jerusalem; a faithful man who feared God more than most.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 7:2
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
Nahamani
Named only in Nehemiah 7:7 among those who came up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua.
Cited in the guide: 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 (67)
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- 1 Nehemiah 6:1; Nehemiah 6:15; 2 Chronicles 31:2; Nehemiah 10:39; Nehemiah 3:1–32
- 2 Psalm 101:6; Nehemiah 1:2; Matthew 25:21; Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 10:23
- 3 Nehemiah 13:19; Psalm 127:1; Nehemiah 3:28–30; Nehemiah 3:23; Matthew 10:16
- 4 Matthew 6:33; Isaiah 58:12; Haggai 1:4–6
- 5 2 Corinthians 3:5; Nehemiah 5:19; Colossians 1:29; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Ezra 2:62
- 6 Ezra 5:8; Ezra 2:1–70; Jeremiah 52:1–34; Jeremiah 39:1–18; 2 Kings 24:14–16
- 7 Ezra 2:2; Zechariah 3:1–3; Haggai 1:1; Matthew 1:12–13; Nehemiah 12:1
- 8 Ezra 2:3; Ezra 8:3; Nehemiah 10:25; Nehemiah 10:14
- 9 Ezra 2:4; Ezra 8:8
- 10 Ezra 2:5; Nehemiah 6:18
- 11 Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 8:4; Nehemiah 10:14
- 12 Ezra 10:26; Ezra 8:7; Ezra 2:7
- 13 Ezra 2:8
- 14 Ezra 2:9
- 15 Ezra 2:10
- 16 Ezra 2:11
- 17 Ezra 2:12
- 18 Ezra 2:13
- 19 Ezra 2:14
- 20 Ezra 2:15
- 21 Ezra 2:16
- 22 Ezra 2:19
- 23 Ezra 2:17
- 24 Ezra 2:18
- 25 Ezra 2:20
- 26 Ezra 2:21–22
- 27 Jeremiah 1:1; Isaiah 10:30; Jeremiah 11:21; Ezra 2:23
- 28 Ezra 2:24
- 29 Joshua 18:25; Ezra 2:25; Joshua 9:17; Judges 18:12
- 30 Joshua 18:24–25; Ezra 2:26
- 31 Ezra 2:27; 1 Samuel 13:23; Isaiah 10:28; 1 Samuel 13:5
- 32 Ezra 2:28; Joshua 8:9; Joshua 8:17
- 33 Ezra 2:29
- 34 Nehemiah 7:12; Ezra 2:31
- 35 Ezra 10:31; Ezra 2:32
- 36 Ezra 2:34
- 37 1 Chronicles 8:12; Nehemiah 11:34–35; Nehemiah 6:2; Ezra 2:33
- 38 Ezra 2:35
- 39 1 Chronicles 24:7–19; Ezra 2:36
- 40 1 Chronicles 24:14; Ezra 2:37
- 41 1 Chronicles 9:12; 1 Chronicles 24:9; Ezra 10:22; Ezra 2:38
- 42 1 Chronicles 24:8; Ezra 2:39; Ezra 10:31
- 43 Ezra 2:40; Nehemiah 3:9
- 44 Ezra 2:41; 1 Chronicles 25:2
- 45 Ezra 2:42; 1 Chronicles 26:1–32
- 46 Leviticus 27:2–8; Joshua 9:23–27; 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 2:43
- 47 Ezra 2:44
- 48 Ezra 2:45–46
- 51 Ezra 2:49
- 52 Ezra 2:50
- 54 Ezra 2:52
- 55 Ezra 2:53
- 57 Ezra 2:55; Nehemiah 11:3
- 58 Ezra 2:56
- 59 Ezra 2:57
- 60 Ezra 2:58
- 61 Ezra 2:59
- 62 Ezra 2:60
- 63 1 Kings 2:7; 2 Samuel 19:31–33; 2 Samuel 17:27; Ezra 2:61–63
- 64 1 Chronicles 9:1; Nehemiah 7:5; Nehemiah 13:29; Matthew 22:11–13
- 65 Nehemiah 8:9; Exodus 28:30; Ezra 2:63; Deuteronomy 33:8; Nehemiah 10:1
- 66 Ezra 2:64
- 67 Ezra 2:65; Jeremiah 27:7; Isaiah 45:1–2
- 68 Ezra 2:66–67
- 70 Nehemiah 8:9; 1 Kings 7:45; Jeremiah 52:19; Numbers 7:2–86; 2 Chronicles 4:8
- 71 Job 34:19; Luke 21:1–4; 2 Corinthians 8:12
- 73 Ezra 2:70–3:1
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