1. All Israel was recorded in the genealogies in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. The Israelites were taken away to Babylon as captives because they had sinned.
2. The first to settle again on their property in their own cities were ⌊some⌋ Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
3. Jerusalem was settled by descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh:
4. From the descendants of Perez, son of Judah, was Uthai, who was the son of Ammihud, grandson of Omri, and great-grandson of Imri. (Imri’s father was Bani.)