5. Then my God put into my heart to assemble the nobles, the prefects, and the people to be enrolled. I found the book of the genealogy of those who first came back, and I found this written upon it:
6. These are the people of the province who came up from captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each one to his city.
7. These came with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
8. the descendants of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
9. The descendants of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
10. The descendants of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.
11. The descendants of Pahath-Moab, of the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
12. The descendants of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
13. The descendants of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.
14. The descendants of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
15. The descendants of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight.
16. The descendants of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.
17. The descendants of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two.
18. The descendants of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven.
19. The descendants of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven.
20. The descendants of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five.
21. The descendants of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
22. The descendants of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight.
23. The descendants of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four.