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Now, these, are the sons of the province, who came up from among the captives of the exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon exiled to Babylon, - who came back unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his own city;

who came in with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai Rehum, Baanah, - the number of the men of the people of Israel: -

The sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;

The sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;

The sons of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five;

The sons of Pahath-moab, belonging to the sons of Jeshua, Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;

The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

The sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five;

The sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;

The sons of Bani, six hundred and forty-two;

The sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three;

The sons of Azgad, a thousand two hundred and twenty-two;

The sons of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six;

The sons of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six;

The sons of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four;

The sons of Ater pertaining to Hezekiah, ninety-eight;

The sons of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three;

The sons of Jorah, a hundred and twelve;

The sons of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three:

The sons of Gibbar, ninety-five;

The sons of Bethlehem, a hundred and twenty-three;

The men of Netophah, fifty-six;

The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight;

The sons of Azmaveth, forty-two;

The sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three;

The sons of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;

The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two:

The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three;

The sons of Nebo, fifty-two;

The sons of Magbish, a hundred and fifty-six;

The sons of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four;

The sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty;

The sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five;

The sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five;

The sons of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty!

The priests, The sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;

The sons of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two;

The sons of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred and forty-seven;

The sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen,

The Levites, The sons of Jeshua, and Kadmiel of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

The singers, The sons of Asaph, a hundred and twenty-eight.

The sons of the door-keepers, The sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, - in all, a hundred and thirty-nine.

The Nethinim, The sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth;

the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon;

the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub;

the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shamlai, the sons of Hanan;

the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah;

the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam;

the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai;

the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephisim;

the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur;

the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha;

the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah;

the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

The Sons of the Servants of Solomon. The sons of Sotai, the sons of Hasso-phereth, the sons of Peruda;

the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel;

the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Ami.

All the Nethinim, and the Sons of the Servants of Solomon, were three hundred and ninety-two.

And, these, were they who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, Immer; but they could not tell their ancestral house, nor their seed, whether, of Israel, they were:

the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, - six hundred and fifty-two.