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The people blessed all those who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

This is a listing of the heads of the province who lived in Jerusalem. (Meanwhile, in the cities of Judah, each man lived on his own property, including laymen from Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants. But some of the descendants of Judah and some of the descendants of Benjamin also lived in Jerusalem.)

From the descendants of Judah:

        Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the descendants of Perez.

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