1. These now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported to Babylon. 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 Israelite men included:
43. The temple servants included:Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,Tabbaoth’s descendants,
44. Keros’s descendants,Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
45. Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,Akkub’s descendants,
46. Hagab’s descendants,Shalmai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,
47. Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,Reaiah’s descendants,
48. Rezin’s descendants,Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,
49. Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,Besai’s descendants,
50. Asnah’s descendants,Meunim’s descendants, Nephusim’s descendants,
51. Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,Harhur’s descendants,
52. Bazluth’s descendants,Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,
53. Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,Temah’s descendants,
54. Neziah’s descendants,and Hatipha’s descendants.
59. The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite: