Securing the City
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed. Neh 6:1Neh 6:152Ch 31:21Ch 23:1-321Ch 25:1-26Ezr 3:8Neh 10:39Neh 11:3
Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most. Neh 1:2Psa 101:6Mat 25:21Neh 10:23Neh 2:81Ki 18:3Luk 16:10-121Co 4:2 And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.” Mat 10:16Neh 13:19Neh 3:23Neh 3:28-30Psa 127:1
The List of Returning Exiles
(Ezra 2:1–67)
Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt. Hag 1:4-6Isa 58:12Mat 6:33 Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it: 2Co 3:51Ch 9:1-91Co 15:102Co 8:16Col 1:29Ezr 2:62Ezr 7:27Jas 1:16
These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, Ezr 2:1-70Ezr 5:8Jer 52:1-34Jer 39:1-182Ch 36:1-232Ki 24:14-162Ki 25:11Ezr 6:2 accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. 1 Ezr 2:2Hag 1:1Zec 3:1-3Ezk 1:11Ezr 3:8-9Ezr 5:2Mat 1:12-13Neh 12:1
This is the count of the men of Israel:
the descendants of Parosh, 2,172; Ezr 2:3Ezr 8:3Neh 10:14Neh 10:25
the descendants of Shephatiah, 372; Ezr 2:4Ezr 8:8
the descendants of Arah, 652; Ezr 2:5Neh 6:18
the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818; Ezr 2:6Neh 10:14Neh 8:4
the descendants of Elam, 1,254; Ezr 10:26Ezr 2:7Ezr 8:7
the descendants of Zattu, 845; Ezr 2:8
the descendants of Zaccai, 760; Ezr 2:9
the descendants of Binnui, 2 648; Ezr 2:10
the descendants of Bebai, 628; Ezr 2:11
the descendants of Azgad, 2,322; Ezr 2:12
the descendants of Adonikam, 667; Ezr 2:13
the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067; Ezr 2:14
the descendants of Adin, 655; Ezr 2:15
the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98; Ezr 2:16
the descendants of Hashum, 328; Ezr 2:19
the descendants of Bezai, 324; Ezr 2:17
the descendants of Hariph, 3 112; Ezr 2:18
the descendants of Gibeon, 4 95; Ezr 2:20
the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188; Ezr 2:21-22
the men of Anathoth, 128; Ezr 2:23Isa 10:30Jer 1:1Jer 11:21
the men of Beth-azmaveth, 5 42; Ezr 2:24
the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743; Ezr 2:25Jos 18:25Jdg 18:12Jos 9:17
the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; Ezr 2:26Jos 18:24-25
the men of Michmash, 122; 1Sa 13:231Sa 13:5Ezr 2:27Isa 10:28
the men of Bethel and Ai, 123; Ezr 2:28Jos 8:17Jos 8:9
the men of the other Nebo, 6 52; Ezr 2:29
the descendants of the other Elam, 7 1,254; Neh 7:12Ezr 2:31
the descendants of Harim, 320; Ezr 10:31Ezr 2:32
the men 8of Jericho, 345; Ezr 2:34
the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721; 1Ch 8:12Ezr 2:33Neh 11:34-35Neh 6:2
and the descendants of Senaah, 3,930. Ezr 2:35
The priests: 1Ch 24:7-19Ezr 2:36
the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
the descendants of Immer, 1,052; 1Ch 24:14Ezr 2:37
the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247; 1Ch 9:121Ch 24:9Ezr 10:22Ezr 2:38
and the descendants of Harim, 1,017. 1Ch 24:8Ezr 10:31Ezr 2:39
the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah 9), 74.
the descendants of Asaph, 148.
The gatekeepers: 1Ch 26:1-32Ezr 2:42
the descendants of Shallum,
the descendants of Ater,
the descendants of Talmon,
the descendants of Akkub,
the descendants of Hatita,
and the descendants of Shobai,
138 in all.
The temple servants: 10 1Ch 9:2Ezr 2:43Jos 9:23-27Lev 27:2-8
the descendants of Ziha,
the descendants of Hasupha,
the descendants of Tabbaoth,
the descendants of Keros, Ezr 2:44
the descendants of Sia, 11
the descendants of Padon,
the descendants of Lebanah, Ezr 2:45-46
the descendants of Hagabah,
the descendants of Shalmai,
the descendants of Hanan,
the descendants of Giddel,
the descendants of Gahar,
the descendants of Reaiah,
the descendants of Rezin,
the descendants of Nekoda,
the descendants of Gazzam, Ezr 2:49
the descendants of Uzza,
the descendants of Paseah,
the descendants of Besai, Ezr 2:50
the descendants of Meunim,
the descendants of Nephushesim, 12
the descendants of Bakbuk,
the descendants of Hakupha,
the descendants of Harhur,
the descendants of Bazlith, 13 Ezr 2:52
the descendants of Mehida,
the descendants of Harsha,
the descendants of Barkos, Ezr 2:53
the descendants of Sisera,
the descendants of Temah,
the descendants of Neziah,
and the descendants of Hatipha.
The descendants of the servants of Solomon: Ezr 2:55Neh 11:3
the descendants of Sotai,
the descendants of Sophereth,
the descendants of Perida, 14
the descendants of Jaala, Ezr 2:56
the descendants of Darkon,
the descendants of Giddel,
the descendants of Shephatiah, Ezr 2:57
the descendants of Hattil,
the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim,
and the descendants of Amon. 15
The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all. Ezr 2:58
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, 16 and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel: Ezr 2:59
the descendants of Delaiah, Ezr 2:60
the descendants of Tobiah,
and the descendants of Nekoda,
642 in all.
And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, 1Ki 2:72Sa 17:272Sa 19:31-33Ezr 2:61-63
the descendants of Hakkoz,
and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 1Ch 9:1Neh 7:5Neh 13:29Mat 22:11-13Lev 4:3Mat 25:11-12 The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim. 17 Exo 28:30Neh 8:9Deu 33:8Ezr 2:63Neh 10:1Num 27:21Lev 10:17-18Lev 2:10
The whole assembly numbered 42,360, Ezr 2:64 in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers. Ezr 2:65Isa 45:1-2Jer 27:7 They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 18 Ezr 2:66-67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Offerings by the Exiles
(Exodus 38:21–31; Ezra 2:68–70)
Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 19 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments. Neh 8:91Ch 28:171Ch 29:3-91Ki 7:452Ch 4:112Ch 4:8Exo 12:22Exo 24:6 And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold 20and 2,200 minas of silver. 21 2Co 8:12Job 34:19Luk 21:1-4 The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, 22 and 67 priestly garments.
So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns. Ezr 2:70