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1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had captured many of the people of Judah and had taken them as prisoners to Babylonia. Now they were on their way back to Jerusalem and to their own towns everywhere in Judah. 2 Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah were in charge of the ones who were coming back. And here is a list of how many returned from each family group: 2,172 from the family of Parosh; 372 fr 3 (SEE 2:2) 4 (SEE 2:2) 5 (SEE 2:2) 6 (SEE 2:2) 7 (SEE 2:2) 8 (SEE 2:2) 9 (SEE 2:2) 10 (SEE 2:2) 11 (SEE 2:2) 12 (SEE 2:2) 13 (SEE 2:2) 14 (SEE 2:2) 15 (SEE 2:2) 16 (SEE 2:2) 17 (SEE 2:2) 18 (SEE 2:2) 19 (SEE 2:2) 20 (SEE 2:2) 21 Here is how many people returned whose ancestors had come from the following towns: 123 from Bethlehem; 56 from Netophah; 128 from Anathoth; 42 from Azmaveth; 743 from Kiriatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth; 621 from Ramah and Geba; 122 from Michmas; 223 fr 22 (SEE 2:21) 23 (SEE 2:21) 24 (SEE 2:21) 25 (SEE 2:21) 26 (SEE 2:21) 27 (SEE 2:21) 28 (SEE 2:21) 29 (SEE 2:21) 30 (SEE 2:21) 31 (SEE 2:21) 32 (SEE 2:21) 33 (SEE 2:21) 34 (SEE 2:21) 35 (SEE 2:21) 36 Here is a list of how many returned from each family of priests: 973 descendants of Jeshua from the family of Jedaiah; 1,052 from the family of Immer; 1,247 from the family of Pashhur; and 1,017 from the family of Harim. 37 (SEE 2:36) 38 (SEE 2:36) 39 (SEE 2:36) 40 And here is a list of how many returned from the families of Levites: 74 descendants of Hodaviah from the families of Jeshua and Kadmiel; 128 descendants of Asaph from the temple musicians; and 139 descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and 41 (SEE 2:40) 42 (SEE 2:40) 43 Here is a list of the families of temple workers whose descendants returned: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, Keros, Siaha, Padon, Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, Hagab, Shamlai, Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, Besai, Asnah, Meunim, N 44 (SEE 2:43) 45 (SEE 2:43) 46 (SEE 2:43) 47 (SEE 2:43) 48 (SEE 2:43) 49 (SEE 2:43) 50 (SEE 2:43) 51 (SEE 2:43) 52 (SEE 2:43) 53 (SEE 2:43) 54 (SEE 2:43) 55 Here is a list of Solomon's servants whose descendants returned: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami. 56 (SEE 2:55) 57 (SEE 2:55) 58 A total of 392 descendants of temple workers and of Solomon's servants returned. 59 There were 652 who returned from the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, though they could not prove that they were Israelites. They had lived in the Babylonian towns of Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer. 60 (SEE 2:59) 61 The families of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai could not prove that they were priests. The ancestor of the family of Barzillai had married the daughter of Barzillai from Gilead and had taken his wife's family name. But the records of these three families 62 (SEE 2:61) 63 In fact, the governor told them, "You cannot eat the food offered to God until we find out if you really are priests." 64 There were 42,360 who returned, in addition to 7,337 servants and 200 musicians, both women and men. They brought with them 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. 65 (SEE 2:64) 66 (SEE 2:64) 67 (SEE 2:64) 68 When the people came to where the LORD's temple had been in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave gifts so it could be rebuilt in the same place. 69 They gave all they could, and it came to a total of 1,030 pounds of gold, 5,740 pounds of silver, and 100 robes for the priests. 70 Everyone returned to the towns from which their families had come, including the priests, the Levites, the musicians, the temple guards, and the workers. 
