--- title: "List of Returning Exiles" description: "Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the..." image: "" book: "Ezra" bookId: "EZR" testament: "old" startChapter: 2 startVerse: 1 endChapter: 2 endVerse: 70 coversChapters: [2] aiTitle: "List of Returning Exiles" aiDescription: "Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the..." hasAiStory: true location: "Jerusalem" persons: ["Nebuchadnezzar","Zerubbabel","Jeshua","Nehemiah","Seraiah","Reelaiah","Mordecai","Bilshan","Mispar","Bigvai","Rehum","Baanah","Israelites","Parosh","Shephatiah","Arah","Pahath-moab","Joab","Elam","Zattu","Zaccai","Bani","Bebai","Azgad","Adonikam","Adin","Ater","Hezekiah","Bezai","Jorah","Hashum","Gibbar","Nebo","Magbish","Harim","Senaah","Jedaiah","Immer","Pashhur","Kadmiel","Hodaviah","Asaph","Shallum","Talmon","Akkub","Hatita","Shobai","Ziha","Hasupha","Tabbaoth","Keros","Siaha","Padon","Lebanah","Hagabah","Hagab","Shalmai","Hanan","Giddel","Gahar","Reaiah","Rezin","Nekoda","Gazzam","Uzza","Paseah","Besai","Asnah","Meunim","Nephusim","Bakbuk","Hakupha","Harhur","Bazluth","Mehida","Harsha","Barkos","Sisera","Temah","Neziah","Hatipha","Sotai","Sophereth","Peruda","Jaala","Darkon","Hattil","Pochereth-hazzebaim","Ami","Delaiah","Tobiah","Hobaiah","Hakkoz","Barzillai","God"] hashtags: ["genealogy","deliverance","generosity"] genre: "history" readingTime: 4 type: "adaptive" slug: "EZR/list-of-returning-exiles" canonicalId: "EZR.2.1-2.70" chronologicalOrder: 1197 relatedSlugs: ["NEH/the-list-of-returning-exiles","EZR/the-exiles-who-returned-with-ezra","EZR/those-guilty-of-intermarriage","1CH/the-people-of-jerusalem","JOS/the-gibeonites","2SA/the-rebellion-of-absalom-part-4","1CH/the-divisions-of-the-priests"] prevSlug: "EZR/cyrus-restores-the-holy-vessels" nextSlug: "EZR/sacrifices-restored" --- ### The List of Returning Exiles Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by [Nebuchadnezzar](/persons/nebuchadnezzar) its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, accompanied by [Zerubbabel](/persons/zerubbabel), [Jeshua](/persons/jeshua), [Nehemiah](/persons/nehemiah), [Seraiah](/persons/seraiah), [Reelaiah](/persons/reelaiah), [Mordecai](/persons/mordecai), [Bilshan](/persons/bilshan), [Mispar](/persons/mispar), [Bigvai](/persons/bigvai), [Rehum](/persons/rehum), and [Baanah](/persons/baanah).
This is the count of the men of Israel: the descendants of [Parosh](/persons/parosh), 2,172; the descendants of [Shephatiah](/persons/shephatiah), 372; the descendants of [Arah](/persons/arah), 775; the descendants of [Pahath-moab](/persons/pahath-moab) (through the line of Jeshua and [Joab](/persons/joab)), 2,812; the descendants of [Elam](/persons/elam), 1,254; the descendants of [Zattu](/persons/zattu), 945; the descendants of [Zaccai](/persons/zaccai), 760; the descendants of [Bani](/persons/bani), 642; the descendants of [Bebai](/persons/bebai), 623; the descendants of [Azgad](/persons/azgad), 1,222; the descendants of [Adonikam](/persons/adonikam), 666; the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056; the descendants of [Adin](/persons/adin), 454; the descendants of [Ater](/persons/ater) (through [Hezekiah](/persons/hezekiah)), 98; the descendants of [Bezai](/persons/bezai), 323; the descendants of [Jorah](/persons/jorah), 112; the descendants of [Hashum](/persons/hashum), 223; the descendants of [Gibbar](/persons/gibbar), 95; the men of Bethlehem, 123; the men of Netophah, 56; the men of Anathoth, 128; the descendants of Azmaveth, 42; the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743; the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; the men of Michmash, 122; the men of Bethel and Ai, 223; the descendants of [Nebo](/persons/nebo), 52; the descendants of [Magbish](/persons/magbish), 156; the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254; the descendants of [Harim](/persons/harim), 320; the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725; the men of Jericho, 345; and the descendants of [Senaah](/persons/senaah), 3,630. The priests:
The descendants of [Jedaiah](/persons/jedaiah) (through the house of Jeshua), 973; the descendants of [Immer](/persons/immer), 1,052; the descendants of [Pashhur](/persons/pashhur), 1,247; and the descendants of Harim, 1,017. The Levites:
the descendants of Jeshua and [Kadmiel](/persons/kadmiel) (through the line of [Hodaviah](/persons/hodaviah) ), 74. The singers:
the descendants of [Asaph](/persons/asaph), 128. The gatekeepers:
the descendants of [Shallum](/persons/shallum),
the descendants of Ater,
the descendants of [Talmon](/persons/talmon),
the descendants of [Akkub](/persons/akkub),
the descendants of [Hatita](/persons/hatita),
and the descendants of [Shobai](/persons/shobai),
139 in all. The temple servants:
the descendants of [Ziha](/persons/ziha),
the descendants of [Hasupha](/persons/hasupha),
the descendants of [Tabbaoth](/persons/tabbaoth), the descendants of [Keros](/persons/keros),
the descendants of [Siaha](/persons/siaha),
the descendants of [Padon](/persons/padon), the descendants of [Lebanah](/persons/lebanah),
the descendants of [Hagabah](/persons/hagabah),
the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of [Hagab](/persons/hagab),
the descendants of [Shalmai](/persons/shalmai),
the descendants of [Hanan](/persons/hanan), the descendants of [Giddel](/persons/giddel),
the descendants of [Gahar](/persons/gahar),
the descendants of [Reaiah](/persons/reaiah), the descendants of [Rezin](/persons/rezin),
the descendants of [Nekoda](/persons/nekoda),
the descendants of [Gazzam](/persons/gazzam), the descendants of [Uzza](/persons/uzza),
the descendants of [Paseah](/persons/paseah),
the descendants of [Besai](/persons/besai), the descendants of [Asnah](/persons/asnah),
the descendants of [Meunim](/persons/meunim),
the descendants of [Nephusim](/persons/nephusim), the descendants of [Bakbuk](/persons/bakbuk),
the descendants of [Hakupha](/persons/hakupha),
the descendants of [Harhur](/persons/harhur), the descendants of [Bazluth](/persons/bazluth),
the descendants of [Mehida](/persons/mehida),
the descendants of [Harsha](/persons/harsha), the descendants of [Barkos](/persons/barkos),
the descendants of [Sisera](/persons/sisera),
the descendants of [Temah](/persons/temah), the descendants of [Neziah](/persons/neziah),
and the descendants of [Hatipha](/persons/hatipha). The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
the descendants of [Sotai](/persons/sotai),
the descendants of [Sophereth](/persons/sophereth),
the descendants of [Peruda](/persons/peruda), the descendants of [Jaala](/persons/jaala),
the descendants of [Darkon](/persons/darkon),
the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Shephatiah,
the descendants of [Hattil](/persons/hattil),
the descendants of [Pochereth-hazzebaim](/persons/pochereth-hazzebaim),
and the descendants of [Ami](/persons/ami). The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all. The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel: the descendants of [Delaiah](/persons/delaiah),
the descendants of [Tobiah](/persons/tobiah),
and the descendants of Nekoda,
652 in all. And from among the priests: the descendants of [Hobaiah](/persons/hobaiah),
the descendants of [Hakkoz](/persons/hakkoz),
and the descendants of [Barzillai](/persons/barzillai) (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim. The whole assembly numbered 42,360, in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers. They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. ### Offerings by the Exiles When they arrived at the house of the [LORD](/persons/god) in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site. According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments. So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the [Israelites](/persons/israelites) settled in their towns.

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