1. Everyone in Israel was listed in the official family records that were included in the history of Israel's kings.The people of Judah were taken to Babylonia as prisoners because they sinned against the Lord.
2. And the first people to return to their towns included priests, Levites, temple workers, and other Israelites.
3. People from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem.
10-12. Here is a list of priests who settled in Jerusalem: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin; Azariah, who was a temple official, and whose ancestors included Hilkiah, Meshullam, Zadok, Meraioth, and Ahitub; Adaiah son of Jeroham, whose ancestors included Pashhur and Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, whose ancestors included Jahzerah, Meshullam, Meshillemith, and Immer.
13. There was a total of 1,760 priests, all of them family leaders in their clan and trained in the work at the temple.