^6 (A)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.

⁷ Those who came with ^(B)Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, ^[a]Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, ^[b]Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel: ⁸ the sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;