1. Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
2. They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.The number of the men of the people of Israel:
3. the sons of Parosh, 2,172.
4. The sons of Shephatiah, 372.
5. The sons of Arah, 775.
6. The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812.
7. The sons of Elam, 1,254.
8. The sons of Zattu, 945.