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Now the first ones to dwell in their possessions in their cities were children of Israel, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

A Post-Exilic Genealogy(A)

Some of the sons of Judah dwelt in Jerusalem alongside some of the sons of Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh:

Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Perez the son of Judah;

of the Shilonites:

Asaiah the firstborn and his sons;

of the sons of Zerah:

Jeuel and their brothers, six hundred and ninety.

Those of the sons of Benjamin were

Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;

Ibneiah the son of Jeroham; Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Mikri; Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

and their brothers according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of families according to their fathers’ houses.

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