1. Thus all Israel was listed in family lists, and these are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel.Now Judah had been exiled to Babylon because of its treachery.
2. The first to settle again in their cities and dwell there were certain Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
3. In Jerusalem lived Judahites and Benjaminites; also Ephraimites and Manassites.