1 Chronicles 9:3

3 And in Jerusalem there were living some of the sons of Judah, and of Benjamin, and of Ephraim and Manasseh;

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 listed by their families; and, truly, they are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was taken away as prisoners to Babylon because of their sin.

2 Now the first to take up their heritage in their towns were: Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

3 And in Jerusalem there were living some of the sons of Judah, and of Benjamin, and of Ephraim and Manasseh;

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

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