Now when athe wall
was rebuilt
and I had set
up the doors
, and the gatekeepers
and the singers
and the Levites
were appointed
,
then I put aHanani
my brother
, and bHananiah
the commander
of cthe fortress
, in charge
of Jerusalem
, for he was da faithful
man
and feared
God
more
than
many
.
Then I said to them, "Do not let the gates
of Jerusalem
be opened
until
the sun
is hot
, and while
they are standing
guard, let them shut
and bolt
the doors
. Also appoint
guards
from the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
, each
at his post
, and each
in front
of his own house
."
Now the city was large
and spacious
, but the people
in it were few
and the houses
were not built
.
aThen my God put
it into my heart
to assemble
the nobles
, the officials
and the people
to be enrolled
by genealogies
. Then I found
the book
of the genealogy
of those who came
up first
1in which I found
the following record
:
aThese are the 1people
of the province
who came
up from the captivity
of the exiles
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
the king
of Babylon
had carried
away
, and who returned
to Jerusalem
and Judah
, each
to his city
,
who came with Zerubbabel
, Jeshua
, Nehemiah
, 1Azariah
, 2Raamiah
, Nahamani
, Mordecai
, Bilshan
, 3Mispereth
, Bigvai
, 4Nehum
, Baanah
.
The number of men
of the people
of Israel
:
the sons of Pahath-moab
of the sons
of Jeshua
and Joab
, 2,818
;
the sons of 1Binnui
, 648
;
the sons of Ater
, of Hezekiah
, 98
;
the sons of 1Hariph
, 112
;
the sons of 1Gibeon
, 95
;
the men of Bethlehem
and Netophah
, 188
;
the men of 1Beth-azmaveth
, 42
;
the men of 1Kiriath-jearim
, Chephirah
and Beeroth
, 743
;
the men of Ramah
and Geba
, 621
;
the men of Bethel
and Ai
, 123
;
the men of the other
Nebo
, 52
;
the sons of the other
Elam
, 1,254
;
the 1men of Jericho
, 345
;
the sons of Lod
, Hadid
and Ono
, 721
;
The priests: the sons
of Jedaiah
of the house
of Jeshua
, 973
;
The Levites: the sons
of Jeshua
, of Kadmiel
, of the sons
of 1Hodevah
, 74
.
The singers: the sons
of Asaph
, 148
.
The gatekeepers: the sons
of Shallum
, the sons
of Ater
, the sons
of Talmon
, the sons
of Akkub
, the sons
of Hatita
, the sons
of Shobai
, 138
.
The temple servants
: the sons
of Ziha
, the sons
of Hasupha
, the sons
of Tabbaoth
,
the sons of Keros
, the sons
of 1Sia
, the sons
of Padon
,
the sons of Lebana
, the sons
of Hagaba
, the sons
of Shalmai
,
the sons of Hanan
, the sons
of Giddel
, the sons
of Gahar
,
the sons of Reaiah
, the sons
of Rezin
, the sons
of Nekoda
,
the sons of Gazzam
, the sons
of Uzza
, the sons
of Paseah
,
the sons of Besai
, the sons
of Meunim
, the sons
of 1Nephushesim
,
the sons of Bakbuk
, the sons
of Hakupha
, the sons
of Harhur
,
the sons of 1Bazlith
, the sons
of Mehida
, the sons
of Harsha
,
the sons of Barkos
, the sons
of Sisera
, the sons
of Temah
,
the sons of Neziah
, the sons
of Hatipha
.
The sons of Solomon's
servants
: the sons
of Sotai
, the sons
of 1Sophereth
, the sons
of 2Perida
,
the sons of Jaala
, the sons
of Darkon
, the sons
of Giddel
,
the sons of Shephatiah
, the sons
of Hattil
, the sons
of Pochereth-hazzebaim
, the sons
of 1Amon
.
All the temple
servants
and the sons
of Solomon's
servants
were 392
.
These were they who came
up from Tel-melah
, Tel-harsha
, Cherub
, 1Addon
and Immer
; but they could
not show
their fathers'
houses
or their 2descendants
, whether
they were of Israel
:
the sons of Delaiah
, the sons
of Tobiah
, the sons
of Nekoda
, 642
.
Of the priests: the sons
of 1Hobaiah
, the sons
of Hakkoz
, the sons
of Barzillai
, who
took
a wife
of the daughters
of Barzillai
, the Gileadite
, and was named
after
them.
These searched
among their ancestral
registration
, but it could not be located
; therefore they were considered unclean
and excluded from the priesthood
.
aThe 1governor said
to them that they should not eat
from the most
holy
things
until
a priest
arose
with bUrim
and Thummim
.
The whole assembly
together
was 42,360
,
besides their male
and their female
servants
, 1of whom
there were 7,337
; and they had 245
male and female singers
.
1 aTheir horses were 736
; their mules
, 245
;
their camels, 435
; their donkeys
, 6,720
.
Some from among the heads
of fathers'
households gave
to the work
. The 1 agovernor
gave
to the treasury
1,000
gold
drachmas
, 50
basins
, 530
priests'
garments
.
Some of the heads
of fathers'
households gave
into the treasury
of the work
20,000
gold
drachmas
and 2,200
silver
minas
.
That which the rest
of the people
gave
was 20,000
gold
drachmas
and 2,000
silver
minas
and 67
priests'
garments
.
Now athe priests, the Levites
, the gatekeepers
, the singers
, some
of the people
, the temple
servants
and all
Israel
, lived
in their cities
.
bAnd when the seventh month
came
, the sons
of Israel
were in their cities
.