Ezra 2:1-14

1These are the people of the province who were going up, from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city.

2They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of Israelites was as follows:

3the descendants of Parosh: 2,172;

4the descendants of Shephatiah: 372;

5the descendants of Arah: 775;

6the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab): 2,812;

7the descendants of Elam: 1,254;

8the descendants of Zattu: 945;

9the descendants of Zaccai: 760;

10the descendants of Bani: 642;

11the descendants of Bebai: 623;

12the descendants of Azgad: 1,222;

13the descendants of Adonikam: 666;

14the descendants of Bigvai: 2,056;