Nehemiah 7:1-28

Tree of Life Version

Hanani, Hananiah and the Returning Exiles

7 After the wall had been rebuilt, the doors set up, and the gatekeepers, singers and Levites appointed, ² I put in charge over Jerusalem, my brother Hanani along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, for he was a man of integrity and feared God more than many. ³ I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened until the sun is hot. While those are still on duty, have them shut and bar the doors. Also appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their post and some near their homes.”

⁴ Now the city was spacious and large, but there were few people within it and no houses were being built. ⁵ So my God put into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the scroll of the genealogical record of those who formerly returned. I found the following written there:

⁶ These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each man to his own town. ⁷ Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of Bnei-Yisrael was:

⁸ The sons of Parosh—2,172

⁹ The sons of Shephatiah—372

¹⁰ The sons of Arah—652

¹¹ The sons of Pahat-moab, from the sons of Jeshua and Joab—2,818

¹² The sons of Elam—1,254

¹³ The sons of Zattu—845

¹⁴ The sons of Zaccai—760

¹⁵ The sons of Binnui—648

¹⁶ The sons of Bebai—628

¹⁷ The sons of Azgad—2,328

¹⁸ The sons of Adonikam—667

¹⁹ The sons of Bigvai—2,067

²⁰ The sons of Adin—655

²¹ The sons of Ater of Hezekiah—98

²² The sons of Hashum—328

²³ The sons of Bezai—324

²⁴ The sons of Hariph—112

²⁵ The sons of Gibeon—95

²⁶ The men of Bethlehem and Neto-phah—188

²⁷ The men of Anathoth—128

²⁸ The men of Beth-azmaveth—42