CHAPTER 2
1 And these be the sons of the province, which went up from the captivity, which Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had translated into Babylon; and they turned again into Jerusalem and into Judah, each man into his city, (And these be the sons of the province, who came back from the captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had carried off to Babylon; and they returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each man to his own city,)
2 that came with Zerubbabel; that is, Jeshua, (or Joshua), Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. This is the number of [the] men of the sons of Israel; (yea, the leaders who came back with Zerubbabel; that is, Jeshua, or Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. And this is the list of the number of the men of the Israelites who returned;)
3 the sons of Parosh, two thousand an hundred and two and seventy;
4 the sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and two and seventy;
5 the sons of Arah, seven hundred and five and seventy;
6 the sons of Pahath and of Moab, (of the) sons of Jeshua and of Joab, two thousand nine hundred and twelve; (the sons of Pahathmoab, of the sons of Jeshua and of Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;)
7 the sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred and four and fifty;
8 the sons of Zattu, nine hundred and five and forty;
9 the sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;
10 the sons of Bani, six hundred and two and forty;
11 the sons of Bebai, six hundred and three and twenty;
12 the sons of Azgad, a thousand two hundred and two and twenty;
13 the sons of Adonikam, six hundred and six and sixty;
14 the sons of Bigvai, two thousand two hundred and six and fifty; [the sons of Bigvai, two thousand and six and fifty;]
15 the sons of Adin, four hundred and four and fifty;
16 the sons of Ater, that were of Hezekiah (or of the family of Hezekiah), ninety and eight;
17 the sons of Bezai, three hundred and three and twenty;
18 the sons of Jorah, an hundred and twelve;
19 the sons of Hashum, two hundred and three and twenty;
20 the sons of Gibbar were ninety and five;
21 the sons of Bethlehem, an hundred and eight and twenty; [the sons of Bethlehem, an hundred and three and twenty;]
22 the men of Netophah, six and fifty;
23 the men of Anathoth, an hundred and eight and twenty;
24 the sons of Azmaveth, two and forty;
25 the sons of Kiriathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and three and forty;
26 the sons of Ramah and of Gaba, six hundred and one and twenty;
27 (the) men of Michmas, an hundred and two and twenty;
28 (the) men of Bethel and of Ai, two hundred and three and twenty;
29 the sons of Nebo, two and fifty;
30 the sons of Magbish, an hundred and six and fifty;
31 the sons of the tother Elam, a thousand two hundred and four and fifty;
32 the sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty;
33 the sons of Lod, Hadid, and of Ono, seven hundred and five and twenty;
34 the sons of Jericho, three hundred and five and forty;
35 the sons of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty;
36 (the) priests; the sons of Jedaiah, in the house of Jeshua, (or Joshua), nine hundred and three and seventy;
37 the sons of Immer, a thousand and two and fifty;
38 the sons of Pashur, a thousand two hundred and seven and forty;
39 the sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen;
40 deacons (or the Levites); the sons of Jeshua and of Kadmiel, (of) the sons of Hodaviah, four and seventy;
41 (the) singers; the sons of Asaph, an hundred and eight and twenty;
42 the sons of [the] porters; the sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai, all these were an hundred and eight and thirty; (the sons of the gatekeepers; the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, all these were a hundred and thirty-nine;)
43 Nethinims, these bare wood and water to the house of God’s religion, (or the Temple workers, who carried the wood and the water for the House of God); the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
44 the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon,
45 the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub,
46 the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan,
47 the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah,
48 the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,
49 the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,
50 the sons of Asnah, the sons of Mehunim, the sons of Nephusim,
51 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,
52 the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,
53 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera,
the sons of Thamah,
54 the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha;
55 the sons of the servants of Solomon; the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Peruda,
56 the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
57 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth, that were of Zebaim, the sons of Ami;
58 all the Nethinims, and the sons of the servants of Solomon, were three hundred ninety and twain. (all the Temple workers, and the sons of Solomon’s servants,were three hundred and ninety-two.)
59 And they that went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, and Addan, and Immer, and might not show the house of their fathers, and their seed, or progeny, whether they were of Israel, were these; (And those who came back from the towns of Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, and Addan, and Immer, and could not prove their father’s house, (or family), and whether they were descendants of Israelites, (were these);)
60 the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and two and fifty;
61 and of the sons of (the) priests, the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai, the which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai (the) Gileadite, and was called by the name of them;
62 these sought the scripture of their genealogy, and found it not, and they were therefore cast out of priesthood. (these sought proof for their genealogy, and could not find it, and so they were cast out of the priesthood.)
63 And (the) Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holy of holy things, till a wise priest and a perfect man rose up. (And the governor said to them, that they should not eat the holy of holy things, until a priest rose up who could consult the Urim and the Thummim.)
64 All the multitude being as one man, were two and forty thousand three hundred and sixty, (All the multitude being like one person, were forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,)
65 besides the servants of them and the handmaids, which were seven thousand three hundred and seven and thirty; and among them were singers and singeresses, two hundred. (besides their servants and servantesses, who were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and among them were two hundred singers and singeresses.)
66 The horses of them were six hundred and six and thirty; the mules of them, four hundred and five and forty;
67 the camels of them, four hundred and five and thirty; the asses of them, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68 And of the princes of [the] fathers, when they entered into the temple of the Lord, that is, the place where the temple was, (or formerly had been), which is in Jerusalem, they offered of their free will into the house of God, to build it (again) in his place; (And the leaders of the families of the tribes, when they went to the place in Jerusalem where the Temple of the Lord had been, offered their free will offerings to help rebuild the House of God, in its former place;)
69 they gave by their mights (for) the costs of the work, one and forty thousand pieces of gold; and five thousand bezants of silver; and priests? clothes an hundred. (they gave out of their wealth for the costs, or the expenses, of the work, sixty-one thousand pieces of gold, and five thousand bezants of silver, and a hundred priests? garments.)
70 Therefore (the) priests, and deacons of the people, and singers, and porters, and Nethinims dwelled in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. (And so the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people lived in Jerusalem, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Temple workers, lived in their cities, and all the other Israelites lived in their cities.)