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And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen to take them back to Jerusalem in safety, with the music of drums and flutes;
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and all their brethren were making merry. And he made them go up with them.
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These are the names of the men who went up, according to their fathers' houses in the tribes, over their groups:
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the priests, the sons of Phinehas, son of Aaron; Jeshua the son of Jozadak, son of Seraiah, and Joakim the son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, of the house of David, of the lineage of Phares, of the tribe of Judah,
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who spoke wise words before Darius the king of the Persians, in the second year of his reign, in the month of Nisan, the first month.
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These are the men of Judea who came up out of their sojourn in captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon
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and who returned to Jerusalem and the rest of Judea, each to his own town. They came with Zerubbabel and Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Resaiah, Bigvai, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Reeliah, Rehum, and Baanah, their leaders.
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The number of the men of the nation and their leaders: the sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two. The sons of Shephatiah, four hundred and seventy-two.
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The sons of Arah, seven hundred and fifty-six.
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The sons of Pahathmoab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
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The sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four. The sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five. The sons of Chorbe, seven hundred and five. The sons of Bani, six hundred and forty-eight.