1. Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city.
2. These 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 of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812;
7. the sons of Elam, 1,254;
8. the sons of Zattu, 945;
9. the sons of Zaccai, 760;
10. the sons of Bani, 642;