1. Now these were the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exile whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city.
2. They 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 descendants of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;
4. the descendants of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;
5. the descendants of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five;
6. the descendants of Pahath-moab, particularly the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;
7. the descendants of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
8. the descendants of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five;
9. the descendants of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;
10. the descendants of Bani, six hundred and forty-two;
11. the descendants of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three;
12. the descendants of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two;