Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in
 Jerusalem
 That is, of Judea, reduced to a province by the king of Babylon, and now a province of the Persian monarchy: 
 but in the cities of Judah dwelt everyone in his possession in their
 cities;
 in which they or their ancestors had formerly dwelt: to wit, Israel: the people in general of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and such of the other tribes that returned with them: 
 the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of
 Solomon's servants;
 of whom see ( Ezra 2:55 Ezra 2:58 ) .