1 Chronicles 9:3

3 These people from the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled 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 All Israel was registered in the genealogies that are written about in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

2 The first to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

3 These people from the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem:

4 Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah;

5 from the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons;