2Now the first inhabitants who lived on their own property in their cities were people of Israel, including the priests, the Levites, and the 9:2 Heb Nethinimtemple servants.
2Now the first [of the returned exiles] who lived [again] in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim (temple servants).
2The first people who came back from Babylon were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants. They made their homes again in their own towns on their own property.