Nehemiah 7:6-16

6 Many of the exiles left the province of Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own hometown. Their families had been living in exile in Babylonia ever since King Nebuchadnezzar had taken them there as prisoners.

7 Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.

8 This is the list of the clans of Israel, with the number of those from each clan who returned from exile: Parosh - 2,172

9 Shephatiah - 372

10 Arah - 652

11 Pahath Moab (descendants of Jeshua and Joab) - 2,818

12 Elam - 1,254

13 Zattu - 845

14 Zaccai - 760

15 Binnui - 648

16 Bebai - 628

Nehemiah 7:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 7

Nehemiah having built the wall, and set up the doors, appointed two persons to take the charge of the city, and set watches for the safety of it, and to take special care about opening and shutting the gates of it, Ne 7:1-3, and concerned he was for the peopling of it, and having found a register of the first comers to it, gives their names, Ne 7:4-69 and some account of the freewill offerings made for the work they came about, Ne 7:70-73.