1 Chronicles 9:1-2

Contemporary English Version

The People Who Returned from Babylonia and Settled in Jerusalem

9 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 (A) And the first people to return to their towns included priests, Levites, temple workers, and other Israelites.