Ezra 2:70

So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

Cross-reference

Ezra 6:16 Historical context

Ezra 6:16 describes the temple dedication celebration by the same returning exiles—a later event after the settlement here.

Nehemiah 7:73 repeats this exact settlement list verbatim, confirming the same census record from the return.

Nehemiah 11:3-36 expands on this settlement list, detailing where priests, Levites, and others lived in Jerusalem and Judah.

1 Chronicles 9:2 gives an earlier parallel record of the first returnees dwelling in their cities, matching this list.

Isaiah 44:26 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 44:26 prophesied that Jerusalem and Judah's cities would be inhabited — here that promise is fulfilled.