Ezra 2Previous Chapter | Next ChapterA List of Those Who Returned1Here is a list of descendants of the province of JudahThe Heb. lacks of Judahwho returned from the captivity, from those who had been exiled. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken them to Babylon. They came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each one to his town,2along with Zerubabbel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. Here is the enumeration of: The Men of Israel:3Descendants ofLit. Sons of;and so throughout the chapterParosh: 2,1724Descendants of Shephatiah: 3725Descendants of Arah: 7756Descendants of Pahath Moab; that is, of Jeshua and Joab: 2,8127Descendants of Elam: 1,2548Descendants of Zattu: 9459Descendants of Zaccai: 76010Descendants of Bani: 64211Descendants of Bebai: 62312Descendants of Azgad: 1,22213Descendants of Adonikam: 66614Descendants of Bigvai: 2,05615Descendants of Adin: 45416Descendants of Ater;that is, of Hezekiah: 9817Descendants of Bezai: 32318Descendants of Jorah: 11219Descendants of Hashum: 22320Descendants of Gibbar: 9521Descendants of exiles fromThe Heb. lacks exiles from;and so through v. 35Bethlehem: 12322People fromLit. Men of;and so in vv. 23, 27, and 28Netophah: 5623People from Anathoth: 12824Descendants of exiles from Azmaveth: 4225Descendants of exiles from Kiriath Arim; that is, Chephirah and Beeroth: 74326Descendants of exiles from Ramah and Geba: 62127People from Michmas: 12228People from Bethel and Ai: 22329Descendants of exiles from Nebo: 5230Descendants of exiles from Magbish: 15631Descendants of exiles from the other Elam: 1,25432Descendants of exiles from Harim: 32033Descendants of exiles from Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 72534Descendants of exiles from Jericho: 34535Descendants of exiles from Senaah: 3,63036The Priests: Descendants of Jedaiah from the household of Jeshua: 97337Descendants of Immer: 1,05238Descendants of Pashhur: 1,24739Descendants of Harim: 1,01740The Levites: Descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel; that is, descendants of Hodaviah: 7441The Singers: Descendants of Asaph: 12842The Descendants of the Gatekeepers: Descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, totaling: 13943The Temple Servants:Heb. Nethinim;and so throughout the book. The Nethinim was a division of special assistants to the Levites, originally appointed by King David;cf. Ezra 2:58;2:70;7:7,24;8:17,20. Descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, and Tabbaoth.44Descendants of Keros, Siaha, and Padon.45Descendants of Lebanah, Hagabah, and Akkub.46Descendants of Hagab, Shalmai, and Hanan.47Descendants of Giddel, Gahar, and Reaiah.48Descendants of Rezin, Nekoda, and Gazzam.49Descendants of Uzza, Paseah, and Besai.50Descendants of Asnah, Meunim, and Nephusim.51Descendants of Bakbuk, Hakupha, and Harhur.52Descendants of Bazluth, Mehida, and Harsha.53Descendants of Barkos, Sisera, and Temah.54Descendants of Neziah and Hatipha.55The Descendants of Solomon’s Servants: Descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, and Peruda.56Descendants of Jaalah, Darkon, and Giddel.57Descendants of Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami.58All of the Temple Servants and descendants of Solomon’s Servants numbered 392. Non-Documented Persons59Here is a list of returnees from Tel Melah, Tel Harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer who could not prove their ancestry and lineage from Israel:60Descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda: 65261The Descendants of the Priests: Descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai, who married one of the daughters of Barzillai from Gilead and took that name.62These people searched for their ancestral registrations but they could not be located. Accordingly, they were assigned an “unclean” status and couldn’t be priests.63Governor ZerubbabelThe Heb. lacks Zerubbabelalso ruled that they should not eat anything holy until a priest arose with the Urim and Thummim.I.e., a priest to whom God would reveal his will through the jewel-encrusted breastplate worn by the high priest.64The entire assembly numbered 42,360,65not including 7,337 male and female servants, along with 200 singing men and women.66In addition, they had 736 horses, 245 mules,67435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.2 Gifts for the Temple68When they arrived at the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families contributed toward building the temple of God on its former site.69They contributed to the treasury for this work in accordance with their ability: 61,000 golden drachma, 5,000 unitsLit. minaof silver, and 100 priestly robes.70As a result, the priests, Levites, certain otherThe Heb. lacks otherpeople, the singers, door-keepers, and the Temple Servants were able to settle in their original cities, with the rest of the Israelites in their cities.
who returned from the captivity, from those who had been exiled. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken them to Babylon. They came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each one to his town,2along with Zerubabbel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. Here is the enumeration of: The Men of Israel:3Descendants of
