4. The city was large and wide-open. Few people were in it, and no houses were being built.
5. Then my God put the idea into my head that I should gather the nobles, leaders, and people so that they could check their genealogy. I found the book with the genealogy of those who came back the first time. I found the following written in it:
6. These were the people in the province. They were the ones who left the place where the exiles had been taken captive. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken them captive. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah. All of them went to their own cities.
7. They went with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.This is the number of Israelite men from the people in exile:
8. the descendants of Parosh—2,172
9. of Shephatiah—372
10. of Arah—652
11. of Pahath Moab, that is, of Jeshua and Joab—2,818
12. of Elam—1,254
13. of Zattu—845
14. of Zaccai—760
15. of Binnui—648
16. of Bebai—628
17. of Azgad—2,322
18. of Adonikam—667
19. of Bigvai—2,067
20. of Adin—655