Ezra 2:1-61
The Exiles Who Returned
1 These(A) now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon(a) had deported to Babylon.(B) They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
2 They came with Zerubbabel,(C) Jeshua,(D) Nehemiah, Seraiah,(E) Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the Israelite men included:(b)
The number of the Israelite men included:(b)
42 The gatekeepers’(M) descendants included:
Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 139
Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 139
43 The temple servants(N) included:
Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,
Tabbaoth’s descendants,
44 Tabbaoth’s descendants,
Keros’s descendants,
Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
45 Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,
Akkub’s descendants,
46
47 Akkub’s descendants,
Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,
Reaiah’s descendants,
48 Reaiah’s descendants,
Rezin’s descendants,
Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,
49 Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,
Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,
Besai’s descendants,
50
51 Besai’s descendants,
Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,
Harhur’s descendants,
Harhur’s descendants,
52
Bazluth’s descendants,
Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,
53 Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,
Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,
Temah’s descendants,
54 Temah’s descendants,
Neziah’s descendants,
and Hatipha’s descendants.
and Hatipha’s descendants.
55 The descendants of Solomon’s servants(O) included:
Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, Peruda’s descendants,
Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, Peruda’s descendants,
57 Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants.
59 The 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:
Footnotes:
a.
Ezra 2:1: Nebuchadnezzar reigned 605–562 b.c.
b.
Ezra 2:2: Lit the men of the people of Israel
c.
Ezra 2:46: Alt Hb tradition reads Shamlai’s
d.
Ezra 2:50: Alt Hb tradition reads Meinim’s
e.
Ezra 2:50: Alt Hb tradition reads Nephisim’s
Cross references:
D.
Ezra 2:2:
Haggai 1:1