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Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt.
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Then my God put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up in the first return, and found written in it:
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These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city.
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Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
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the sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;
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the sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two;
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the sons of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two;
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the sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen;
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the sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
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the sons of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five;
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the sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty;
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the sons of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight;
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the sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight;
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the sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two;
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the sons of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven;
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the sons of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven;
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the sons of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five;
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the sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;
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the sons of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight;
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the sons of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four;
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the sons of Hariph, one hundred and twelve;
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the sons of Gibeon, ninety-five;
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the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight;
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the men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight;
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the men of Beth Azmaveth, forty-two;
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the men of Kirjath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three;
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the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;
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the men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two;
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the men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three;
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the men of the other Nebo, fifty-two;
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the sons of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;