Ezra 2

CHAPTER 2

¹And these be the sons of the province, which went up from the captivity, which Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had translated or brought over into Babylon; and they turned again into Jerusalem and into Judah, each man into his city,

²that came with Zerubbabel; that is , Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. This is the number of [the] men of the sons of Israel;

³the sons of Parosh, two thousand an hundred and two and seventy;

⁴the sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and two and seventy;

⁵the sons of Arah, seven hundred and five and seventy;

⁶the sons of Pahath and of Moab, sons of Jeshua and of Joab, two thousand nine hundred and twelve;

⁷the sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred and four and fifty;

⁸the sons of Zattu, nine hundred and five and forty;

⁹the sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;

¹⁰the sons of Bani, six hundred and two and forty;

¹¹the sons of Bebai, six hundred and three and twenty;

¹²the sons of Azgad, a thousand two hundred and two and twenty;

¹³the sons of Adonikam, six hundred and six and sixty;

¹⁴the sons of Bigvai, two thousand two hundred and six and fifty; [the sons of Bigvai, two thousand and six and fifty;]

¹⁵the sons of Adin, four hundred and four and fifty;

¹⁶the sons of Ater, that were of Hezekiah, ninety and eight;

¹⁷the sons of Bezai, three hundred and three and twenty;

¹⁸the sons of Jorah, an hundred and twelve;

¹⁹the sons of Hashum, two hundred and three and twenty;

²⁰the sons of Gibbar were ninety and five;

²¹the sons of Bethlehem, an hundred and eight [or three] and twenty;

²²the men of Netophah, six and fifty;

²³the men of Anathoth, an hundred and eight and twenty;

²⁴the sons of Azmaveth, two and forty;

²⁵the sons of Kiriathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and three and forty;

²⁶the sons of Ramah and of Gaba, six hundred and one and twenty;

²⁷men of Michmas, an hundred and two and twenty;

²⁸men of Bethel and of Ai, two hundred and three and twenty;

²⁹the sons of Nebo, two and fifty;

³⁰the sons of Magbish, an hundred and six and fifty;

³¹the sons of the tother Elam, a thousand two hundred and four and fifty;

³²the sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty;

³³the sons of Lod, Hadid, and of Ono, seven hundred and five and twenty;

³⁴the sons of Jericho, three hundred and five and forty;

³⁵the sons of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty;

³⁶priests; the sons of Jedaiah, in the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and three and seventy;

³⁷the sons of Immer, a thousand and two and fifty;

³⁸the sons of Pashur, a thousand two hundred and seven and forty;

³⁹the sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen;

⁴⁰deacons [or Levites] ; the sons of Jeshua and of Kadmiel, the sons of Hodaviah, four and seventy;

⁴¹singers; the sons of Asaph, an hundred and eight and twenty;

⁴²the sons of [the] porters; the sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai, all these were an hundred and eight and thirty;

⁴³Nethinims, these bare wood and water to the house of God’s religion ; the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,

⁴⁴the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon,

⁴⁵the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub,

⁴⁶the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan,

⁴⁷the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah,

⁴⁸the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,

⁴⁹the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,

⁵⁰the sons of Asnah, the sons of Mehunim, the sons of Nephusim,

⁵¹the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,

⁵²the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,

⁵³the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Thamah,

⁵⁴the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha;

⁵⁵the sons of the servants of Solo-mon; the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Peruda,

⁵⁶the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,

⁵⁷the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth, that were of Zebaim, the sons of Ami;

⁵⁸all the Nethinims, and the sons of the servants of Solomon, were three hundred ninety and twain.

⁵⁹And they that went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, and Addan, and Immer, and might not show the house of their fathers, and their seed, or progeny , whether they were of Israel, were these ;

⁶⁰the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and two and fifty;

⁶¹and of the sons of priests, the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai, the which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by the name of them;

⁶²these sought the scripture of their genealogy, and found it not, and they were therefore cast out of priesthood.

⁶³And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holy of holy things, till a wise priest and a perfect man rose up.

⁶⁴All the multitude being as one man, were two and forty thousand three hundred and sixty,

⁶⁵besides the servants of them and the handmaids, which were seven thousand three hundred and seven and thirty; and among them were singers and singeresses, two hundred.

⁶⁶The horses of them were six hundred and six and thirty; the mules of them, four hundred and five and forty;

⁶⁷the camels of them, four hundred and five and thirty; the asses of them, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

⁶⁸And of the princes of [the] fathers, when they entered into the temple of the Lord, that is, the place where the temple was , which is in Jerusalem, they offered of their free will into the house of God, to build it in his place;

⁶⁹they gave by their mights the costs of the work, one and forty thousand pieces of gold; and five thousand bezants of silver; and priests’ clothes an hundred.

⁷⁰Therefore priests, and deacons [or Levites] of the people, and singers, and porters, and Nethinims dwelled in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.