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And all Israel were registered by genealogy; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away to Babylon because of their transgression.
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And the inhabitants that were first in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
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And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children 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 children of Pherez the son of Judah.
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And of the Shilonites: 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 Hassenuah,
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and Jibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Jibnijah;
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and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were chief fathers in their fathers' houses.