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The Exiles Who Returned
1These # Neh 7:6-73 now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon # Nebuchadnezzar reigned 605–562 b.c. had deported to Babylon. # 2Ch 36:17-20 They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. 2They came with Zerubbabel, # 1Ch 3:19; Ezr 3:2; Hg 1:1; Zch 4:6 Jeshua, # Hg 1:1; Zch 3:1-10 Nehemiah, Seraiah, # Neh 12:1 Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the Israelite men included: # Lit the men of the people of Israel
3Parosh’s descendants# Ezr 8:3; 10:25; Neh 3:25 2,172 4Shephatiah’s descendants 372 5Arah’s descendants 775 6Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,812 7Elam’s descendants 1,254 8Zattu’s descendants 945 9Zaccai’s descendants 760 10Bani’s descendants 642 11Bebai’s descendants 623 12Azgad’s descendants 1,222 13Adonikam’s descendants# Ezr 8:13 666 14Bigvai’s descendants 2,056 15Adin’s descendants 454 16Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah 98 17Bezai’s descendants 323 18Jorah’s descendants 112 19Hashum’s descendants 223 20Gibbar’s descendants 95 21Bethlehem’s# Mc 5:2; Mt 2:1,6people 123 22Netophah’s men 56 23Anathoth’s men 128 24Azmaveth’s people 42 25Kiriatharim’s, Chephirah’s, and Beeroth’s people 743 26Ramah’s# Jr 31:15; Mt 2:18and Geba’s people 621 27Michmas’s men 122 28Bethel’s and Ai’s# Gn 12:8; Jos 7:2; 8:9men 223 29Nebo’s people 52 30Magbish’s people 156 31the other Elam’s people 1,254 32Harim’s people 320 33Lod’s, Hadid’s, and Ono’s people 725 34Jericho’s# Jos 4:19; 5:13; 6:1-25people 345 35Senaah’s people 3,630
36The priests included:
Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua 973 37Immer’s descendants 1,052 38Pashhur’s descendants 1,247 39and Harim’s descendants 1,017
40The Levites included:
Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants from Hodaviah’s descendants 74
41The singers included:
Asaph’s# 1Ch 25:1; 2Ch 5:12; 35:15descendants 128
42The gatekeepers’ # 1Ch 9:17-32; Neh 12:25-26 descendants included:
Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 139
43The temple servants # Ezr 8:20 included:
Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,
Tabbaoth’s descendants, 44Keros’s descendants,
Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
45Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,
Akkub’s descendants, 46Hagab’s descendants,
Shalmai’s # Alt Hb tradition reads Shamlai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,
47Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,
Reaiah’s descendants, 48Rezin’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,
49Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,
Besai’s descendants, 50Asnah’s descendants,
Meunim’s # Alt Hb tradition reads Meinim’s descendants, Nephusim’s # Alt Hb tradition reads Nephisim’s descendants,
51Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,
Harhur’s descendants, 52Bazluth’s descendants,
Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,
53Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,
Temah’s descendants, 54Neziah’s descendants,
and Hatipha’s descendants.
55The descendants of Solomon’s servants # Neh 11:3 included:
Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, Peruda’s descendants,56Jaalah’s descendants, Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants, 57Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants. 58All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants 392.
59The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite:
60Delaiah’s descendants, Tobiah’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants 652
61and from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai — who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name. 62These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. 63The governor # Ezr 6:7; Neh 5:14; Hg 1:1 ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim. # Ex 28:30; Lv 8:8; Nm 27:21; Neh 7:65
64The whole combined assembly numbered 42,360 65not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, and their 200 male and female singers.# 2Ch 35:25 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Gifts for the Work
68After they arrived at the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave freewill offerings # Nm 15:3; Ezr 1:4 for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site. 69Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins, # Or drachmas, or darics 6,250 pounds # Lit 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury # Ezr 8:33-34 for the project. 70The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns. # 1Ch 9:2; Neh 11:3