55-57. Here is a list of Solomon's servants whose descendants returned: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami.
58. A total of 392 descendants of temple workers and of Solomon's servants returned.
59-60. There were 652 who returned from the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, though they could not prove that they were Israelites. They had lived in the Babylonian towns of Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer.
61-62. The families of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai could not prove that they were priests. The ancestor of the family of Barzillai had married the daughter of Barzillai from Gilead and had taken his wife's family name. But the records of these three families could not be found, and none of them were allowed to serve as priests.
63. In fact, the governor told them, “You cannot eat the food offered to God until we find out if you really are priests.”
64-67. There were 42,360 who returned, in addition to 7,337 servants and 200 musicians, both women and men. They brought with them 736 horses,245 mules, 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
68. When the people came to where the Lord's temple had been in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave gifts so it could be rebuilt in the same place.
69. They gave all they could, and it came to a total of 500 kilogrammes of gold,2,800 kilogrammes of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.
70. Everyone returned to the towns from which their families had come, including the priests, the Levites, the musicians, the temple guards, and the workers.