1. 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 to Babylon.) These exiles returned to Jerusalem and Judah. All of them went to their own cities.
2. They went with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.This is the number of Israelite men from the people in exile:
3. the descendants of Parosh—2,172
4. of Shephatiah—372
5. of Arah—775
6. of Pahath Moab, that is, 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