3 He sent them off to the music of drums and flutes, while all their fellow-Israelites danced for joy.
4 These are the names, by tribes, clans, and families, of the men who returned:
5 Among the priests, descendants of Phinehas son of Aaron, was Joshua, son of Jozadak and grandson of Seraiah. He was accompanied by Zerubbabel, who was the son of Shealtiel of the family of David, of the line of Perez, of the tribe of Judah.
6 He was the one who had spoken the wise words before Darius, emperor of Persia. They left Babylon in the second year of his reign in Nisan, the first month.
7 These are the Jewish men who returned from exile. Their families had been living in Babylonia since King Nebuchadnezzar had taken them there as prisoners.
8 They returned to Jerusalem and the rest of Judah, each to his own home town. Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Resaiah, Eneneus, Mordecai, Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reeliah, Rehum, and Baanah.
9-17a The following is a list of the clans of Israel, with the number of those from each clan who returned with their leaders from exile:Parosh — 2,172Shephatiah — 472Arah — 756Pahath Moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab) — 2,812Elam — 1,254Zattu — 945Chorbe — 705Bani — 648Bebai — 623Azgad — 1,322Adonikam — 667Bigvai — 2,066Adin — 454Ater (also called Hezekiah) — 92Kilan and Azetas — 67Azaru — 432Annias — 101Arom — …Bezai — 323Arsiphurith — 112Baiterus — 3,005