1. These are the people of the province who returned from captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken these people as prisoners to Babylon. They now returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to their own town.
2. These are the people who returned with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the list of names and numbers of men from Israel who returned:
3. the descendants of Parosh 2172
4. the descendants of Shephatiah 372
5. the descendants of Arah 775
6. the descendants of Pahath Moab of the family of Jeshua and Joab 2812
7. the descendants of Elam 1254
64-65. All together, there were 42,360 people in the group who came back. This is not counting their 7337 men and women slaves. They also had 200 men and women singers with them.
66-67. They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels, and 6720 donkeys.