Nehemiah 7:6-8

Expanded Bible

⁶ These are the people of the ·area [province] who returned from ·captivity [exile], whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had ·taken [carried] ·away [into exile]. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. ⁷ These people returned with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.

These are the [^Lmen from the; ^Cthe following numbers likely reflect only males] people from Israel: ⁸ the ·descendants [sons; ^Cand so throughout the following list] of Parosh—2,172;