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1 Now
when the wall
was built and
I had set
up the doors,
and the
gatekeepers and
the singers and
the Levites were
appointed,
2 I
put my brother
Hanani, and
Hananiah the
governor of the
fortress, in
charge of
Jerusalem; for he
was a faithful man
and feared God
above many.
3 I said
to them, “Don’t
let the gates
of Jerusalem be
opened until the
sun is hot;
and while they
stand guard, let
them shut the
doors, and you bar
them; and appoint
watches of the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem, everyone in
his watch,
with everyone near
his house.”
4 Now
the city was
wide and large;
but the people
were few therein,
and the houses
were not built.
5 My
God put into
my heart to
gather together
the nobles, and
the rulers, and
the people, that
they might be
listed by
genealogy. I found
the book of
the genealogy
of those who came
up at the
first, and I
found this written
in it:
6 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,
and who returned
to Jerusalem and
to Judah, everyone
to his city,
7 who
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:
8 The children of Parosh: two
thousand one hundred seventy-two.
9 The children of Shephatiah:
three hundred seventy-two.
10 The children of Arah: six
hundred fifty-two.
11 The children of Pahathmoab,
of the children of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand eight hundred
eighteen.
12 The children of Elam: one
thousand two hundred fifty-four.
13 The children of Zattu: eight
hundred forty-five.
14 The children of Zaccai: seven
hundred sixty.
15 The children of Binnui: six
hundred forty-eight.
16 The children of Bebai: six
hundred twenty-eight.
17 The children of Azgad: two
thousand three hundred twenty-two.
18 The children of Adonikam: six
hundred sixty-seven.
19 The children of Bigvai: two
thousand sixty-seven.
20 The children of Adin: six
hundred fifty-five.
21 The children of Ater: of
Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
22 The children of Hashum: three
hundred twenty-eight.
23 The children of Bezai: three
hundred twenty-four.
24 The children of Hariph: one
hundred twelve.
25 The children of Gibeon:
ninety-five.
26 The men of Bethlehem and
Netophah: one hundred eighty-eight.
27 The men of Anathoth: one
hundred twenty-eight.
28 The men of Beth Azmaveth:
forty-two.
29 The men of Kiriath Jearim,
Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred forty-three.
30 The men of Ramah and Geba:
six hundred twenty-one.
31 The men of Michmas: one
hundred twenty-two.
32 The men of Bethel and Ai: one
hundred twenty-three.
33 The men of the other Nebo:
fifty-two.
34 The children of the other
Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
35 The children of Harim: three
hundred twenty.
36 The children of Jericho:
three hundred forty-five.
37 The children of Lod, Hadid,
and Ono: seven hundred twenty-one.
38 The children of Senaah: three
thousand nine hundred thirty.
39 The priests: The children of
Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred seventy-three.
40 The children of Immer: one
thousand fifty-two.
41 The children of Pashhur: one
thousand two hundred forty-seven.
42 The children of Harim: one
thousand seventeen.
43 The Levites: the children of
Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah: seventy-four.
44 The singers: the children of
Asaph: one hundred forty-eight.
45 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: one hundred
thirty-eight.
46 The
temple servants:
the children of
Ziha, the children
of Hasupha, the
children of
Tabbaoth,
47 the
children of Keros,
the children of
Sia, the children
of Padon,
48 the
children of Lebana,
the children of
Hagaba, the
children of Salmai,
49 the
children of Hanan,
the children of
Giddel, the
children of Gahar,
50 the
children of Reaiah,
the children of
Rezin, the
children of Nekoda,
51 the
children of Gazzam,
the children of
Uzza, the children
of Paseah,
52 the
children of Besai,
the children of
Meunim, the
children of Nephushesim,
53 the
children of Bakbuk,
the children of
Hakupha, the
children of Harhur,
54 the
children of
Bazlith, the
children of Mehida,
the children of
Harsha,
55 the
children of Barkos,
the children of
Sisera, the
children of Temah,
56 the
children of Neziah,
and the children
of Hatipha.
57 The
children of
Solomon’s servants:
the children of
Sotai, the
children of
Sophereth, the
children of Perida,
58 the
children of Jaala,
the children of
Darkon, the
children of Giddel,
59 the
children of
Shephatiah, the
children of Hattil,
the children
of Pochereth Hazzebaim, and
the children
of Amon.
60 All
the temple
servants and the
children of
Solomon’s servants
were three
hundred ninety-two.
61 These
were those who
went up from Tel
Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon,
and Immer; but
they could not
show their fathers’
houses, nor their
offspring,
whether they were
of Israel:
62 The children of Delaiah, the
children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda: six hundred forty-two.
63 Of the priests: the children
of Hobaiah, 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.
64 These
searched for their
genealogical records, but couldn’t
find them. Therefore
they were deemed disqualified
and removed from
the priesthood.
65 The
governor told them
not to eat of
the most holy
things until a
priest stood up
to minister with Urim
and Thummim.
66 The
whole assembly
together was forty-two
thousand three
hundred sixty,
67 in addition
to their male
servants and their female
servants, of whom there
were seven thousand
three hundred
thirty-seven. They had
two hundred forty-five
singing men and
singing women.
68 Their horses
were seven hundred
thirty-six; their mules, two
hundred forty-five;
69 their camels, four hundred
thirty-five; their donkeys, six
thousand seven hundred twenty.
70 Some from
among the heads
of fathers’ households gave
to the work.
The governor gave
to the treasury
one thousand darics
of gold,
fifty basins, and five
hundred thirty priests’ garments.
71 Some
of the heads
of fathers’ households gave
into the treasury
of the work
twenty thousand darics
of gold, and
two thousand
two hundred minas
of silver.
72 That
which the rest of
the people gave
was twenty thousand darics of gold,
plus two thousand minas of silver,
and sixty-seven priests’ 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.
When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their
cities.