5. My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record:
6. These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.
7. They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.The number of Israelite men was as follows:
8. the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;
9. the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;
10. the descendants of Arah, 652;
11. the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;
12. the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
13. the descendants of Zattu, 845;
14. the descendants of Zaccai, 760;
15. the descendants of Binnui, 648;
16. the descendants of Bebai, 628;
17. the descendants of Azgad, 2,322;
18. the descendants of Adonikam, 667;
19. the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;