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So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies, and behold, they
were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah,
who were carried away to Babylon for their rebellion.
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Now the first inhabitants that
dwelt in their possessions in their cities were thus of Israel, as of the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
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And in Jerusalem dwelt of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh:
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Uthai, the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Pharez, the son of Judah.
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And of Shiloni: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
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And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
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And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu, the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah;
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and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham; and Elah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; and Meshullam, the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
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and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men
were heads of the fathers in the houses of their fathers.
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And of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;
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and Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, prince of the house of God;