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1And now the wall had been rebuilt, the gates had all been put in place, and the Temple guards, the members of the sacred choir, and the other Levites had been assigned their work.
2I put two men in charge of governing the city of Jerusalem: my brother Hanani and Hananiah, commanding officer of the fortress. Hananiah was a reliable and God-fearing man without equal.
3I told them not to have the gates of Jerusalem opened in the morning until well after sunrise and to have them closed and barred before the guards went off duty at sunset. I also told them to appoint guards from among the people who lived in Jerusalem and to assign some of them to specific posts and others to patrol the area around their own houses.
The List of Those Who Returned from Exile
4Jerusalem was a large city, but not many people were living in it, and not many houses had been built yet.
5God inspired me to assemble the people and their leaders and officials and to check their family records. I located the records of those who had first returned from captivity, and this is the information I found:
6Many of the exiles left the province of Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own hometown. Their families had been living in exile in Babylonia ever since King Nebuchadnezzar had taken them there as prisoners.
7Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
8-25This is the list of the clans of Israel, with the number of those from each clan who returned from exile: Parosh - 2,172 Shephatiah - 372 Arah - 652 Pahath Moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab) - 2,818 Elam - 1,254 Zattu - 845 Zaccai - 760 Binnui - 648 Bebai - 628 Azgad - 2,322 Adonikam - 667 Bigvai - 2,067 Adin - 655 Ater (also called Hezekiah) - 98 Hashum - 328 Bezai - 324 Hariph - 112 Gibeon - 95
26-38People whose ancestors had lived in the following towns also returned: Bethlehem and Netophah - 188 Anathoth - 128 Beth Azmaveth - 42 Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth - 743 Ramah and Geba - 621 Michmash - 122 Bethel and Ai - 123 The other Nebo - 52 The other Elam - 1,254 Harim - 320 Jericho - 345 Lod, Hadid, and Ono - 721 Senaah - 3,930
39-42This is the list of the priestly clans that returned from exile: Jedaiah (descendants of Jeshua) - 973 Immer - 1,052 Pashhur - 1,247 Harim - 1,017
43-45Clans of Levites who returned from exile: Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah) - 74 Temple musicians (descendants of Asaph) - 148 Temple guards (descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai) - 138
46-56Clans of Temple workers who returned from exile: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Sia, Padon, Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Meunim, Nephushesim, Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, Bazlith, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Temah, Neziah, and Hatipha.
57-59Clans of Solomon's servants who returned from exile: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida, Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Amon.
60The total number of descendants of the Temple workers and of Solomon's servants who returned from exile was 392.
61-62There were 642 belonging to the clans of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda who returned from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not prove that they were descendants of Israelites.
63-64The following priestly clans could find no record to prove their ancestry: Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai. (The ancestor of the priestly clan of Barzillai had married a woman from the clan of Barzillai of Gilead and taken the name of his father-in-law's clan.) Since they were unable to prove who their ancestors were, they were not accepted as priests.
65The Jewish governor told them that they could not eat the food offered to God until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim.
66-69Total number of exiles who returned - 42,360. Their male and female servants - 7,337 Male and female musicians - 245 Horses - 736 Mules - 245 Camels - 435 Donkeys - 6,720
70-72Many of the people contributed to help pay the cost of restoring the Temple: The governor 270 ounces of gold 50 ceremonial bowls 530 robes for priests Heads of clans 337 pounds of gold 3,215 pounds of silver The rest of the people 337 pounds of gold 2,923 pounds of silver 67 robes for priests
73The priests, the Levites, the Temple guards, the musicians, many of the ordinary people, the Temple workers—all the people of Israel—settled in the towns and cities of Judah.