Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.

the men of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth: 743;

The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua): 973;

All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon: 392.

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles were building a temple for the Lord God of Israel,

The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

from the descendants of Adonikam there were the latter ones. Their names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

A proclamation was circulated throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles were to be assembled in Jerusalem.

From the Israelites: from the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malkijah, and Benaiah.

From the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.

From the descendants of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.

From the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

From the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them also had children by these women.

The men of Jericho built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them.

The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

Rephaiah son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to them.

Shallum son of Hallohesh, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to him, assisted by his daughters.

After him their relatives worked – Binnui son of Henadad, head of a half-district of Keilah.

There were those who said, “With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive.”