Nehemiah 11:2-4

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² The people ·blessed [praised; commended] those who volunteered to live in Jerusalem [^Cat this point in the rebuilding, Jerusalem was dangerous and perhaps uncomfortable].

³ These are the ·area [provincial] ·leaders [officials] who lived in Jerusalem. (·Some [Other; Most] people lived on their own ·land [property] in the cities of Judah. These included Israelites, priests, Levites, Temple servants, and ·descendants [sons] of Solomon’s servants. ⁴ Others from the ·families [sons] of Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem.)

These are the ·descendants [sons] of Judah who ·moved into [settled in] Jerusalem. There was Athaiah son of Uzziah. (Uzziah was the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah. Amariah was the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was a ·descendant [son] of Perez.)