1. All Israel was listed in the genealogies recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. They were taken captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
2. Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.
3. Those from Judah, from Benjamin, and from Ephraim and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem were:
4. Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
5. Of the Shelanites : Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.