Nehemiah 7:1-24
Nehemiah 7:1-24
7:1When the wall had been rebuilt and I had the doors installed, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed. 2Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most. 3I said to them, "Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot, and let the doors be shut and securely fastened while the guards are on duty. Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes."
4The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been built yet. 5Then my God put it into my mind to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who came back first, and I found the following written in it:
6These are the people of the province who went up among the captive exiles deported by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Each of them returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to his own town. 7They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
The number of the Israelite men included:
8Parosh's descendants
2,172
9Shephatiah's descendants
372
10Arah's descendants
652
11Pahath-moab's descendants:
Jeshua's and Joab's descendants
2,818
12Elam's descendants
1,254
13Zattu's descendants
845
14Zaccai's descendants
760
15Binnui's descendants
648
16Bebai's descendants
628
17Azgad's descendants
2,322
18Adonikam's descendants
667
19Bigvai's descendants
2,067
20Adin's descendants
655
21Ater's descendants: of Hezekiah
98
22Hashum's descendants
328
23Bezai's descendants
324
24Hariph's descendants
112
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