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Ezra 2:1-70 (NIV)
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1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, 2 in company with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah): The list of the men of the people of Israel: 3 the descendants of Parosh 2,172 4 of Shephatiah 372 5 of Arah 775 6 of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,812 7 of Elam 1,254 8 of Zattu 945 9 of Zaccai 760 10 of Bani 642 11 of Bebai 623 12 of Azgad 1,222 13 of Adonikam 666 14 of Bigvai 2,056 15 of Adin 454 16 of Ater (through Hezekiah) 98 17 of Bezai 323 18 of Jorah 112 19 of Hashum 223 20 of Gibbar 95 21 the men of Bethlehem 123 22 of Netophah 56 23 of Anathoth 128 24 of Azmaveth 42 25 of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth 743 26 of Ramah and Geba 621 27 of Micmash 122 28 of Bethel and Ai 223 29 of Nebo 52 30 of Magbish 156 31 of the other Elam 1,254 32 of Harim 320 33 of Lod, Hadid and Ono 725 34 of Jericho 345 35 of Senaah 3,630 36 The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua) 973 37 of Immer 1,052 38 of Pashhur 1,247 39 of Harim 1,017 40 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah) 74 41 The singers: the descendants of Asaph 128 42 The gatekeepers of the temple: the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai 139 43 The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, 44 Keros, Siaha, Padon, 45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, 46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, 47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, 48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, 49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai, 50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephussim, 51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, 52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, 53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah, 54 Neziah and Hatipha 55 The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, 56 Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, 57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami 58 The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392 59 The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel: 60 The descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652 61 And from among the priests: The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name). 62 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim. 64 The whole company numbered 42,360, 65 besides their 7,337 menservants and maidservants; and they also had 200 men and women singers. 66 They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys. 68 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site. 69 According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas of gold, 5,000 minas of silver and 100 priestly garments. 70 The priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.
This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 1) Why does the Bible quote another book? Is this book inspired too? Genealogical records
Definition(s):
Addon (Add-on): basis; foundation; the Lord
Adin (Ah-deen): Adina, adorned; voluptuous; dainty
Ai (Eh-eye): or Hai, mass; heap
Anathoth (An-a-thoth): or Anath, answer; song; poverty
Arah (Ah-ra): the way; a traveler
Asaph (Eh-saff): who gathers together
Ater (Eh-ter): left hand; shut
Azgad (Az-gad): a strong army; a gang of robbers
Azmaveth (Az-ma-veth): strong death; a he-goat
Babylon (Bab-el-on): same as Babel
Barzillai (Bar-zil-eye): son of contempt; made of iron
Bebai (Beh-by): void, empty
Beeroth (Ba-eh-roth): wells; explaining
Beeroth (Bene-jaakan): wells; explaining
Bezai (Behz-eye): eggs
Bigvai (Big-veye): in my body
Elam (Ee-lam): a young man; a virgin; a secret
Geba (Geeb-a): a hill; cup
Gibbar (Gibb-ar): strong, manly
Hakkoz (Hak-ohs): a thorn; summer; an end
Harim (Har-imm): destroyed; dedicated to God
Hashum (Hash-um): silence; their hasting
Hatita (Hat-eye-ta): a bending of sin
Immer (Imm-er): saying; speaking; a lamb
Jedaiah (Jed-a-ya): the hand of the Lord; confessing the Lord
Jericho (Jer-ih-koh): his moon; his month; his sweet smell
Jerusalem (Je-roo-sa-lem): vision of peace
Jeshua (Jesh-oo-a): same as Joshua
Jorah (Johr-a): Jorai, showing; casting forth; a cauldron
Kadmiel (Kad-mee-el): God of antiquity; God of rising
Nebo (Nee-bo): that speaks or prophesies
Nebuchadnezzar (Neb-ukh-ad-nezz-ar): Nebuchadrezzar, tears and groans of judgment
Nekoda (Ne-koh-da): painted; inconstant
Ono (Ohn-oh): grief or strength or iniquity of him
Parosh (Par-osh): a flea; the fruit of a moth
Ramah (Rah-mah): same as Ram
Rehum (Re-hoom): merciful; compassionate
Senaah (Se-nah-a): bramble; enemy
Shephatiah (Sheff-at-eye-a): the Lord that judges
Shobai (Shoh-by): turning captivity
Solomon (Sol-om-on): peaceable; perfect; one who recompenses
Tobiah (Tohb-eye-a): Tobijah, the Lord is good
Urim (Oo-rim): lights; fires
Zaccai (Zakh-eye): pure meat; just
Bani (Beh-nigh):
Bethel (Beth-el):
Bethel (Beth-ehl):
Bethlehem (Beth-le-hem):
Hadid (Heh-did):
Kiriath (Kirr-ee-ath):
Netophah (Ne-toh-fa):
Pashhur (Pah-oor):
Zattu (Zat-oo):
