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55-57 Those who made the trip also included the descendants of King Solomon’s officials:

Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, Ami.

58 The Temple assistants and the descendants of Solomon’s officers numbered 392.

59 Another group returned to Jerusalem at this time from the Persian cities of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer. However, they had lost their genealogies and could not prove that they were really Israelites.

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57 Shephatiah, Hattil,
Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami
58 The temple servants(A) and the descendants of the servants of Solomon392

59 The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended(B) from Israel:

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