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All Israel was recorded in the genealogies in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. The Israelites were taken away to Babylon as captives because they had sinned.
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The first to settle again on their property in their own cities were [some] Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
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Jerusalem was settled by descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh:
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From the descendants of Perez, son of Judah, was Uthai, who was the son of Ammihud, grandson of Omri, and great-grandson of Imri. (Imri's father was Bani.)
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From the descendants of Shilah were Asaiah (the firstborn) and his sons.
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And from the descendants of Zerah were Jeuel and their relatives, 690 in all.
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From the descendants of Benjamin were Sallu (son of Meshullam, grandson of Hodaviah, and great-grandson of Hassenuah),
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Ibneiah (son of Jeroham), Elah (son of Uzzi and grandson of Michri), and Meshullam (son of Shephatiah, grandson of Reuel, and great-grandson of Ibniah),
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and their relatives according to their ancestry. All of these men were heads of their families. A total of 956 of them lived in Jerusalem.