Ezra 2
1 King Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] had captured many [Israeli] people and taken them to Babylonia. [Many years later, ] some Israeli people returned to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, and some returned to [other places in] Judah. They went to the towns where their ancestors had lived. This is a list of the groups who returned.
These also are the sonnes of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie (whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel had caried away vnto Babel) and returned to Ierusalem, and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie,
2 The leaders of those groups were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. There were:
Which came with Zerubbabel, to wit, Ieshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Biguai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel was,
3 2,172 descendants of Parosh
The sonnes of Parosh, two thousand, an hudreth seuentie and two:
4 372 descendants of Shephatiah
The sonnes of Shephatiah, three hundreth, seuentie and two:
5 775 descendants of Arah
The sonnes of Arah, seuen hundreth, and seuentie and fiue:
6 2,812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab
The sonnes of Pahath Moab, of the sonnes of Ieshua and Ioab, two thousand, eight hundreth and twelue:
7 1,254 descendants of Elam
The sonnes of Elam, a thousande, two hundreth and foure and fiftie:
8 945 descendants of Zattu
The sonnes of Zattu, nine hundreth and fiue and fourtie:
9 760 descendants of Zaccai
The sonnes of Zaccai, seuen hundreth and threescore:
10 642 descendants of Bani
The sonnes of Bani, sixe hundreth and two and fourtie:
11 623 descendants of Bebai
The sonnes of Bebai, sixe hundreth, and three and twentie:
12 1,222 descendants of Azgad
The sonnes of Azgad a thousand, two hundreth and two and twentie:
13 666 descendants of Adonikam
The sonnes of Adonikam, sixe hundreth, three score and sixe:
14 2,056 descendants of Bigvai
The sonnes of Biguai, two thousand, and sixe and fiftie:
15 454 descendants of Adin
The sonnes of Adin, foure hundreth and foure and fiftie:
16 98 descendants of Ater, whose other name was Hezekiah
The sonnes of Ater of Hizkiah, ninetie and eight:
17 323 descendants of Bezai
The sonnes of Bezai, three hundreth and three and twentie:
18 112 descendants of Jorah
The sonnes of Iorah, an hudreth and twelue:
19 223 descendants of Hashum
The sonnes of Hasshum, two hundreth and three and twentie:
20 95 descendants of Gibbar. [People whose ancestors had lived in these towns in Judah: ]
The sonnes of Gibbar, ninetie and fiue:
21 123 from Bethlehem
The sonnes of Beth-lehem, an hundreth and three and twentie:
22 56 from Netophah
The men of Netophah, sixe and fiftie:
23 128 from Anathoth
The men of Anothoth, an hundreth and eight and twentie:
24 42 from Azmaveth
The sonnes of Azmaueth, two and fourtie:
25 743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth
The sonnes of Kiriath-arim, of Chephirah, and Beeroth, seuen hundreth and three and fourtie:
26 621 from Ramah and Geba
The sonnes of Haramah and Gaba, six hundreth, and one and twentie:
27 122 from Micmash
The men of Michmas, an hundreth and two and twentie:
28 223 from Bethel and Ai
The sonnes of Beth-el and Ai, two hundreth, and three and twentie:
29 52 from Nebo
The sonnes of Nebo, two and fiftie:
30 156 from Magbish
The sonnes of Magbish, an hundreth and sixe and fiftie:
31 1,254 from Elam
The sonnes of the other Elam, a thousand, and two hundreth, and foure and fiftie:
32 320 from Harim
The sonnes of Harim, three hundreth and twentie:
33 725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono
The sonnes of Lod-hadid, and Ono, seuen hundreth, and fiue and twentie:
34 345 from Jericho
The sonnes of Iericho, three hundreth and fiue and fourtie:
35 3,630 from Senaah.
The sonnes of Senaah, three thousand, sixe hundreth and thirtie.
36 Priests who returned: 973 descendants of Jedaiah (that is, those from the family of Jeshua)
The Priests: of the sonnes of Iedaiah of the house of Ieshua, nine hundreth seuentie and three:
37 1,052 descendants of Immer
The sonnes of Immer, a thousand and two and fiftie:
38 1,247 descendants of Pashhur
The sonnes of Pashur, a thousand, two hundreth and seuen and fourtie:
39 1,017 descendants of Harim. The ones from the [rest of the] tribe of Levi who returned were:
The sonnes of Harim, a thousande and seuenteene.
40 74 descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah
The Leuites: the sonnes of Ieshua, and Kadmiel of the sonnes of Hodauiah, seuentie and foure.
41 128 singers who were descendants of Asaph
The Singers: the sonnes of Asaph, an hundreth and eight and twentie.
42 139 (gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple) who were descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai.
The sonnes of the porters: the sonnes of Shallum, the sonnes of Ater, the sonnes of Talmon, the sonnes of Akkub, the sonnes of Hatita, the sonnes of Shobai: all were an hundreth and nine and thirtie.
43 The (temple workers/men who would work in the temple) who were descendants of these men: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
The Nethinims: the sonnes of Ziha, the sonnes of Hasupha, the sonnes of Tabbaoth,
44 Keros, Siaha, Padon,
The sonnes of Keros, the sonnes of Siaha, the sonnes of Padon,
45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
The sonnes of Lebanah, the sonnes of Hagabah, the sonnes of Akkub,
46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
The sonnes of Hagab, the sonnes of Shamlai, the sonnes of Hanan,
47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
The sonnes of Giddel, the sonnes of Gahar, the sonnes of Reaiah,
48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
The sonnes of Rezin, the sonnes of Nekoda, the sonnes of Gazzam,
49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
The sonnes of Vzza, the sonnes of Paseah, the sonnes of Besai,
50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
The sonnes of Asnah, the sonnes of Meunim, the sonnes of Nephusim,
51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
The sonnes of Bakbuk, the sonnes of Hakupa, the sonnes of Harhur,
52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
The sonnes of Bazluth, the sonnes of Mehida, the sonnes of Harsha,
53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
The sonnes of Barcos, the sonnes of Sisara, the sonnes of Thamah,
54 Neziah, and Hatipha.
The sonnes of Neziah, the sonnes of Hatipha,
55 These descendants of [King] Solomon’s servants [returned]: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
The sonnes of Salomons seruantes: the sonnes of Sotai, the sonnes of Sophereth, the sonnes of Peruda,
56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
The sonnes of Iaalah, the sonnes of Darkon, the sonnes of Giddel,
57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and Ami.
The sonnes of Shephatiah, the sonnes of Hattil, the sonnes of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the sonnes of Ami.
58 Altogether, there were 392 temple workers and descendants of Solomon’s servants who returned.
All the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruants were three hundreth ninetie and two.
59 There was another group who returned [to Judah] from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer [towns in Babylonia]. But they could not prove that they were descendants of [people who previously lived in] Israel.
And these went vp from Telmelah, and from Telharsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not discerne their fathers house and their seede, whether they were of Israel.
60 This group included 652 people who were descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda.
The sonnes of Delaiah, the sonnes of Tobiah, the sonnes of Nekoda, six hundreth and two and fiftie.
61 Hobaiah’s clan, Hakkoz’s clan, and Barzillai’s clan also returned. Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai from [the] Gilead [region], and he had taken for himself the name of his father-in-law’s clan.
And of the sonnes of the Priestes, the sonnes of Habaiah, the sonnes of Coz, the sonnes of Barzillai: which tooke of the daughters of Barzillai the Giliadite to wife, and was called after their name.
62 The people in that group searched in the documents that had the names of the ancestors of all the clans, but these men’s names were not found. So they were not permitted do the work that priests did.
These sought their writing of the genealogies, but they were not founde: therefore were they put from the Priesthood.
63 The governor told them that they would need to ask a priest to consult Yahweh by [(casting/throwing] the sacred lots/stones [that had been marked]), to determine if those men were truly Israelis. When the priests did that, [if the stones showed that those men were Israelis], they would be permitted to eat the shares of the sacrifices that were given to the priests.
And Tirshatha saide vnto them, that they should not eate of the most holy thing, tell there rose vp a Priest with Vrim and Thummim.
64 Altogether 42,360 Israeli people who returned to Judah.
The whole Congregation together was two and fourtie thousande, three hundreth and threescore,
65 There were also 7,337 servants and 200 musicians, both men and women, who returned.
Beside their seruants and their maydes: of whome were seuen thousande, three hundreth and seuen and thirtie: and among them were two hundreth singing men and singing women.
66 The Israelis brought with them [from Babylonia] 736 horses, 245 mules,
Their horses were seuen hundreth, and sixe and thirtie: their mules, two hundreth and fiue and fourtie:
67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Their camels foure hundreth, and fiue and thirtie: their asses, sixe thousand, seuen hundreth and twentie.
68 When they arrived at the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, some of the clan leaders gave money [for the supplies needed] to rebuild the temple at the place where the temple had been previously.
And certeine of the chiefe fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord, which was in Ierusalem, they offred willingly for the house of God, to set it vp vpon his fundation.
69 They all gave as much money as they were able to give. Altogether they gave 61,000 gold coins, (6,250 pounds/3,000 kg.) of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.
They gaue after their abilitie vnto the treasure of the worke, euen one and threescore thousand drammes of golde, and fiue thousand pieces of siluer, and an hundreth Priests garments.
70 Then the priests, the [other] descendants of Levi, the musicians, the temple guards, and some of the [other] people started to live in the towns and villages [near Jerusalem]. The rest of the people went to the other places in Israel where their ancestors had lived.
So the Priests and the Leuites, and a certeine of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
