2 that I gave my brother Hana´ni, and Hanani´ah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
4 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
6 These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnez´zar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
7 who came with Zerub´babel, Jesh´u-a, Nehemi´ah, Azari´ah, Ra-ami´ah, Nahama´ni, Mor´decai, Bilshan, Mis´pe-reth, Big´vai, Nehum, Ba´anah.The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
8 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.