1Verse 1. When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
2Verse 2. Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
3Verse 3. And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”
4Verse 4. Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
5Verse 5. Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:
6Verse 6. These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
7Verse 7. accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
8Verse 8. the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;
9Verse 9. the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;
10Verse 10. the descendants of Arah, 652;
11Verse 11. the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;
12Verse 12. the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
13Verse 13. the descendants of Zattu, 845;
14Verse 14. the descendants of Zaccai, 760;
15Verse 15. the descendants of Binnui, 648;
16Verse 16. the descendants of Bebai, 628;
17Verse 17. the descendants of Azgad, 2,322;
18Verse 18. the descendants of Adonikam, 667;
19Verse 19. the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;
20Verse 20. the descendants of Adin, 655;
21Verse 21. the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;
22Verse 22. the descendants of Hashum, 328;
23Verse 23. the descendants of Bezai, 324;
24Verse 24. the descendants of Hariph, 112;
25Verse 25. the descendants of Gibeon, 95;
26Verse 26. the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
27Verse 27. the men of Anathoth, 128;
28Verse 28. the men of Beth-azmaveth, 42;
29Verse 29. the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
30Verse 30. the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
31Verse 31. the men of Michmash, 122;
32Verse 32. the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
33Verse 33. the men of the other Nebo, 52;
34Verse 34. the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
35Verse 35. the descendants of Harim, 320;
36Verse 36. the men of Jericho, 345;
37Verse 37. the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;
38Verse 38. and the descendants of Senaah, 3,930.
39Verse 39. The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
40Verse 40. the descendants of Immer, 1,052;
41Verse 41. the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;
42Verse 42. and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.
43Verse 43. The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.
44Verse 44. The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148.
45Verse 45. The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138 in all.
46Verse 46. The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
47Verse 47. the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Sia, the descendants of Padon,
48Verse 48. the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Shalmai,
49Verse 49. the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar,
50Verse 50. the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda,
51Verse 51. the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah,
52Verse 52. the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephushesim,
53Verse 53. the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,
54Verse 54. the descendants of Bazlith, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,
55Verse 55. the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,
56Verse 56. the descendants of Neziah, and the descendants of Hatipha.
57Verse 57. The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,
58Verse 58. the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,
59Verse 59. the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Amon.
60Verse 60. The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
61Verse 61. The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
62Verse 62. the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.
63Verse 63. And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
64Verse 64. These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
65Verse 65. The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
66Verse 66. The whole assembly numbered 42,360,
67Verse 67. in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
68Verse 68. They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
69Verse 69. 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
70Verse 70. Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
71Verse 71. And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
72Verse 72. The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.
73Verse 73. So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.