AFTER THE EXILE

9 All Israel was registered in the genealogies that are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiledc to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. 2 The firstd to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.e

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