the descendants of Bebai: 623;

the descendants of Azgad: 1,222;

the descendants of Bezai: 323;

the descendants of Hashum: 223;

The men of Bethlehem: 123;

the men of Anathoth: 128;

the men of Micmash: 122;

The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 128.

the men of Ramah and Geba: 621;

the men of Bethel and Ai: 223;

the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 725;

from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;

and Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, 20 men,

20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.

In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, along with the rest of their associates, the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed the Levites who were at least twenty years old to take charge of the work on the Lord’s temple.