1 Chronicles 9:3

3 And some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:

1 Chronicles 9:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:3

And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the
children of Benjamin
Of which tribes were the largest number that went into, and returned out of, captivity:

and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh;
such of those tribes who had joined the others when Jeroboam introduced his idolatry, or had fled to them when Samaria was besieged and taken by Shalmaneser, and so went into captivity with Judah, and now returned; and as many of them as took the advantage of the proclamation of Cyrus, who were carried captive with the ten tribes.

1 Chronicles 9:3 In-Context

1 So all Israel was recorded in genealogies, and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their breach of faith.

2 Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.

3 And some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:

4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the son of Judah.

5 And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.