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<span id="v15002004" class="ver">4</span>descendants of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two; <span id="v15002005" class="ver">5</span>descendants of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five; <span id="v15002006" class="ver">6</span>descendants of Pahath-moab, who were descendants of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve; <span id="v15002007" class="ver">7</span>descendants of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; <span id="v15002008" class="ver">8</span>descendants of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five; <span id="v15002009" class="ver">9</span>descendants of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty; <span id="v15002010" class="ver">10</span>descendants of Bani, six hundred and forty-two; <span id="v15002011" class="ver">11</span>descendants of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three; <span id="v15002012" class="ver">12</span>descendants of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two; <span id="v15002013" class="ver">13</span>descendants of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six; <span id="v15002014" class="ver">14</span>descendants of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six; <span id="v15002015" class="ver">15</span>descendants of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four; <span id="v15002016" class="ver">16</span>descendants of Ater, who were descendants of Hezekiah, ninety-eight; <span id="v15002017" class="ver">17</span>descendants of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three; <span id="v15002018" class="ver">18</span>descendants of Jorah, one hundred and twelve; <span id="v15002019" class="ver">19</span>descendants of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three; <span id="v15002020" class="ver">20</span>descendants of Gibeon, ninety-five; <span id="v15002021" class="ver">21</span>descendants of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three; <span id="v15002022" class="ver">22</span>people of Netophah, fifty-six; <span id="v15002023" class="ver">23</span>people of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight; <span id="v15002024" class="ver">24</span>people of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two; <span id="v15002025" class="ver">25</span>people of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three; <span id="v15002026" class="ver">26</span>people of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one; <span id="v15002027" class="ver">27</span>people of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two; <span id="v15002028" class="ver">28</span>people of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three; <span id="v15002029" class="ver">29</span>descendants of Nebo, fifty-two; <span id="v15002030" class="ver">30</span>descendants of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six; <span id="v15002031" class="ver">31</span>descendants of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; <span id="v15002032" class="ver">32</span>descendants of Harim, three hundred and twenty; <span id="v15002033" class="ver">33</span>descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five; <span id="v15002034" class="ver">34</span>descendants of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five; <span id="v15002035" class="ver">35</span>descendants of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.</p> <p><span id="v15002036" class="ver">36</span>The priests: descendants of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three; <span id="v15002037" class="ver">37</span>descendants of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two; <span id="v15002038" class="ver">38</span>descendants of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven; <span id="v15002039" class="ver">39</span>descendants of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.</p> <p><span id="v15002040" class="ver">40</span><a id="ren15002040-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en15002040-b">b</a> The Levites: descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the descendants of Hodaviah, seventy-four.</p> <p><span id="v15002041" class="ver">41</span>The singers:<a id="rfn15002041-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn15002041-1">*</a> descendants of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.</p> <p><span id="v15002042" class="ver">42</span>The gatekeepers:<a id="rfn15002042-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn15002042-1">*</a> descendants of Shallum, descendants of Ater, descendants of Talmon, descendants of Akkub, descendants of Hatita, descendants of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-nine in all.</p> <p><span id="v15002043" class="ver">43</span>The temple servants: descendants of Ziha, descendants of Hasupha, descendants of Tabbaoth, <span id="v15002044" class="ver">44</span>descendants of Keros, descendants of Siaha, descendants of Padon, <span id="v15002045" class="ver">45</span>descendants of Lebanah, descendants of Hagabah, descendants of Akkub, <span id="v15002046" class="ver">46</span>descendants of Hagab, descendants of Shamlai, descendants of Hanan, <span id="v15002047" class="ver">47</span>descendants of Giddel, descendants of Gahar, descendants of Reaiah, <span id="v15002048" class="ver">48</span>descendants of Rezin, descendants of Nekoda, descendants of Gazzam, <span id="v15002049" class="ver">49</span>descendants of Uzza, descendants of Paseah, descendants of Besai, <span id="v15002050" class="ver">50</span>descendants of Asnah, descendants of the Meunites, descendants of the Nephusites, <span id="v15002051" class="ver">51</span>descendants of Bakbuk, descendants of Hakupha, descendants of Harhur, <span id="v15002052" class="ver">52</span>descendants of Bazluth, descendants of Mehida, descendants of Harsha, <span id="v15002053" class="ver">53</span>descendants of Barkos, descendants of Sisera, descendants of Temah, <span id="v15002054" class="ver">54</span>descendants of Neziah, descendants of Hatipha.</p> <p><span id="v15002055" class="ver">55</span>Descendants of Solomon’s servants: descendants of Sotai, descendants of Hassophereth, descendants of Peruda, <span id="v15002056" class="ver">56</span>descendants of Jaalah, descendants of Darkon, descendants of Giddel, <span id="v15002057" class="ver">57</span>descendants of Shephatiah, descendants of Hattil, descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, descendants of Ami. <span id="v15002058" class="ver">58</span>The total of the temple servants together with the descendants of Solomon’s servants was three hundred and ninety-two.</p> <p><span id="v15002059" class="ver">59</span>The following who returned from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer were unable to prove that their ancestral houses and their descent were Israelite: <span id="v15002060" class="ver">60</span>descendants of Delaiah, descendants of Tobiah, descendants of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two. <span id="v15002061" class="ver">61</span><a id="ren15002061-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en15002061-c">c</a> Also, of the priests: descendants of Habaiah, descendants of Hakkoz, descendants of Barzillai (he had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was named after him). <span id="v15002062" class="ver">62</span>These searched their family records, but their names could not be found there, and they were excluded from the priesthood. <span id="v15002063" class="ver">63</span><a id="ren15002063-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en15002063-d">d</a> The governor<a id="rfn15002063-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn15002063-1">*</a> ordered them not to partake of the most holy foods until there should be a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.</p> <p><span id="v15002064" class="ver">64</span>The entire assembly taken together came to forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, <span id="v15002065" class="ver">65</span>not counting their male and female servants, who numbered seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. They also had two hundred male and female singers. <span id="v15002066" class="ver">66</span>Their horses numbered seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five, <span id="v15002067" class="ver">67</span>their camels four hundred and thirty-five, their donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.</p> <p><span id="v15002068" class="ver">68</span>When they arrived at the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> in Jerusalem, some of the heads of ancestral houses made voluntary offerings for the house of God, to rebuild it in its place. <span id="v15002069" class="ver">69</span>According to their means they contributed to the treasury for the temple service: sixty-one thousand drachmas of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly robes. <span id="v15002070" class="ver">70</span>The priests, the Levites, and some of the people took up residence in Jerusalem; the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their cities. Thus all the Israelites settled in their cities.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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