the descendants of Bebai, 628;

the descendants of Hashum, 328;

the descendants of Bezai, 324;

the men of Anathoth, 128;

the descendants of Azgad, 2,322;

the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai – 928 in all.

On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.

and his colleagues who were exceptional men – 128. The officer over them was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.

These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, I was in Susa the citadel.

Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously I had not been depressed in the king’s presence.

From the day that I was appointed governor in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes – twelve years in all – neither I nor my relatives ate the food allotted to the governor.

and their colleagues who were carrying out work for the temple – 822; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah,