Inhabitants of Jerusalem after the Exile

³ And some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:^(A)

Population of the City Increased

11 Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city Jerusalem, while nine-tenths remained in the other towns.^(A)

⁴ And in Jerusalem lived some of the Judahites and the Benjaminites. Of the Judahites: Athaiah son of Uzziah son of Zechariah son of Amariah son of Shephatiah son of Mahalalel, of the descendants of Perez;^{(A) 5} and Maaseiah son of Baruch son of Col-hozeh son of Hazaiah son of Adaiah son of Joiarib son of Zechariah son of the Shelahnite.^{[a] 6} All the descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant warriors.

⁷ And these are the Benjaminites: Sallu son of Meshullam son of Joed son of Pedaiah son of Kolaiah son of Maaseiah son of Ithiel son of Jeshaiah.^{(B) 8} And his brothers^[b] Gabbai, Sallai: nine hundred twenty-eight. ⁹ Joel son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in charge of the city.

¹¹ Only a few from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.^(A)

¹⁶ Those who had set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.^(A)