Ezra 2
1 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,
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.
2 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,
The leaders of those groups were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. There were:
3 The sonnes of Parosh, two thousand, an hudreth seuentie and two:
2,172 descendants of Parosh
4 The sonnes of Shephatiah, three hundreth, seuentie and two:
372 descendants of Shephatiah
5 The sonnes of Arah, seuen hundreth, and seuentie and fiue:
775 descendants of Arah
6 The sonnes of Pahath Moab, of the sonnes of Ieshua and Ioab, two thousand, eight hundreth and twelue:
2,812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab
7 The sonnes of Elam, a thousande, two hundreth and foure and fiftie:
1,254 descendants of Elam
8 The sonnes of Zattu, nine hundreth and fiue and fourtie:
945 descendants of Zattu
9 The sonnes of Zaccai, seuen hundreth and threescore:
760 descendants of Zaccai
10 The sonnes of Bani, sixe hundreth and two and fourtie:
642 descendants of Bani
11 The sonnes of Bebai, sixe hundreth, and three and twentie:
623 descendants of Bebai
12 The sonnes of Azgad a thousand, two hundreth and two and twentie:
1,222 descendants of Azgad
13 The sonnes of Adonikam, sixe hundreth, three score and sixe:
666 descendants of Adonikam
14 The sonnes of Biguai, two thousand, and sixe and fiftie:
2,056 descendants of Bigvai
15 The sonnes of Adin, foure hundreth and foure and fiftie:
454 descendants of Adin
16 The sonnes of Ater of Hizkiah, ninetie and eight:
98 descendants of Ater, whose other name was Hezekiah
17 The sonnes of Bezai, three hundreth and three and twentie:
323 descendants of Bezai
18 The sonnes of Iorah, an hudreth and twelue:
112 descendants of Jorah
19 The sonnes of Hasshum, two hundreth and three and twentie:
223 descendants of Hashum
20 The sonnes of Gibbar, ninetie and fiue:
95 descendants of Gibbar. [People whose ancestors had lived in these towns in Judah: ]
21 The sonnes of Beth-lehem, an hundreth and three and twentie:
123 from Bethlehem
22 The men of Netophah, sixe and fiftie:
56 from Netophah
23 The men of Anothoth, an hundreth and eight and twentie:
128 from Anathoth
24 The sonnes of Azmaueth, two and fourtie:
42 from Azmaveth
25 The sonnes of Kiriath-arim, of Chephirah, and Beeroth, seuen hundreth and three and fourtie:
743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth
26 The sonnes of Haramah and Gaba, six hundreth, and one and twentie:
621 from Ramah and Geba
27 The men of Michmas, an hundreth and two and twentie:
122 from Micmash
28 The sonnes of Beth-el and Ai, two hundreth, and three and twentie:
223 from Bethel and Ai
29 The sonnes of Nebo, two and fiftie:
52 from Nebo
30 The sonnes of Magbish, an hundreth and sixe and fiftie:
156 from Magbish
31 The sonnes of the other Elam, a thousand, and two hundreth, and foure and fiftie:
1,254 from Elam
32 The sonnes of Harim, three hundreth and twentie:
320 from Harim
33 The sonnes of Lod-hadid, and Ono, seuen hundreth, and fiue and twentie:
725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono
34 The sonnes of Iericho, three hundreth and fiue and fourtie:
345 from Jericho
35 The sonnes of Senaah, three thousand, sixe hundreth and thirtie.
3,630 from Senaah.
36 The Priests: of the sonnes of Iedaiah of the house of Ieshua, nine hundreth seuentie and three:
Priests who returned: 973 descendants of Jedaiah (that is, those from the family of Jeshua)
37 The sonnes of Immer, a thousand and two and fiftie:
1,052 descendants of Immer
38 The sonnes of Pashur, a thousand, two hundreth and seuen and fourtie:
1,247 descendants of Pashhur
39 The sonnes of Harim, a thousande and seuenteene.
1,017 descendants of Harim. The ones from the [rest of the] tribe of Levi who returned were:
40 The Leuites: the sonnes of Ieshua, and Kadmiel of the sonnes of Hodauiah, seuentie and foure.
74 descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah
41 The Singers: the sonnes of Asaph, an hundreth and eight and twentie.
128 singers who were descendants of Asaph
42 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.
139 (gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple) who were descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai.
43 The Nethinims: the sonnes of Ziha, the sonnes of Hasupha, the sonnes of Tabbaoth,
The (temple workers/men who would work in the temple) who were descendants of these men: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
44 The sonnes of Keros, the sonnes of Siaha, the sonnes of Padon,
Keros, Siaha, Padon,
45 The sonnes of Lebanah, the sonnes of Hagabah, the sonnes of Akkub,
Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
46 The sonnes of Hagab, the sonnes of Shamlai, the sonnes of Hanan,
Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
47 The sonnes of Giddel, the sonnes of Gahar, the sonnes of Reaiah,
Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
48 The sonnes of Rezin, the sonnes of Nekoda, the sonnes of Gazzam,
Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
49 The sonnes of Vzza, the sonnes of Paseah, the sonnes of Besai,
Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
50 The sonnes of Asnah, the sonnes of Meunim, the sonnes of Nephusim,
Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
51 The sonnes of Bakbuk, the sonnes of Hakupa, the sonnes of Harhur,
Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
52 The sonnes of Bazluth, the sonnes of Mehida, the sonnes of Harsha,
Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
53 The sonnes of Barcos, the sonnes of Sisara, the sonnes of Thamah,
Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
54 The sonnes of Neziah, the sonnes of Hatipha,
Neziah, and Hatipha.
55 The sonnes of Salomons seruantes: the sonnes of Sotai, the sonnes of Sophereth, the sonnes of Peruda,
These descendants of [King] Solomon’s servants [returned]: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
56 The sonnes of Iaalah, the sonnes of Darkon, the sonnes of Giddel,
Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
57 The sonnes of Shephatiah, the sonnes of Hattil, the sonnes of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the sonnes of Ami.
Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and Ami.
58 All the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruants were three hundreth ninetie and two.
Altogether, there were 392 temple workers and descendants of Solomon’s servants who returned.
59 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.
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.
60 The sonnes of Delaiah, the sonnes of Tobiah, the sonnes of Nekoda, six hundreth and two and fiftie.
This group included 652 people who were descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda.
61 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.
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.
62 These sought their writing of the genealogies, but they were not founde: therefore were they put from the Priesthood.
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.
63 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.
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.
64 The whole Congregation together was two and fourtie thousande, three hundreth and threescore,
Altogether 42,360 Israeli people who returned to Judah.
65 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.
There were also 7,337 servants and 200 musicians, both men and women, who returned.
66 Their horses were seuen hundreth, and sixe and thirtie: their mules, two hundreth and fiue and fourtie:
The Israelis brought with them [from Babylonia] 736 horses, 245 mules,
67 Their camels foure hundreth, and fiue and thirtie: their asses, sixe thousand, seuen hundreth and twentie.
435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
68 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.
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.
69 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.
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.
70 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.
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.
