ʻOku pehē ʻe he The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C.–A.D. 135): “ʻI Mesopotēmia, Mītia mo Papilōnia naʻe nofo ai ʻa e ngaahi hako ʻo e kau mēmipa ʻo e puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu [ʻo ʻIsilelí], pea mo ia ʻo e puleʻanga ʻo Siutá, ʻi he hili pē ko ia hono kapusi fakapuleʻanga kinautolu ki ai ʻe he kau ʻAsīliá pea mo e kau Pāpiloné.” Fakatatau ki he ʻĒsela 2:64, ko e kau ʻIsileli pē ʻe toko 42,360 naʻa nau foki ki Selusalema mei hono fakaheeʻi kinautolu ki Pāpiloné. Naʻe hoko eni ʻi he 537 K.M. ʻOku fakamatala ʻe Feleviasi Siosifasi ʻo pehē ʻi he ʻuluaki senituli T.S. ko e kau Siu ko ia “naʻa nau nofo takatakai ʻi Papilōniá” naʻe laui mano honau tokolahí. ʻI he senituli hono tolu ki hono nima T.S., ko e ngaahi komiunitī ko ení naʻa nau faʻu ʻa e tohi ʻoku ʻiloa ko e Talamata Pāpiloné.
ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngaahi fakamoʻoni fakaetohi ʻoku hā mei ai naʻe ʻosi ʻi ʻIsipite pē ha kau Siu ia ʻi he senituli hono ono K.M. pe ki muʻa nai ai. Lolotonga ʻa e vahaʻa taimi ko iá, naʻe ʻoatu ai ʻe Selemaia ha pōpoaki ki he kau Siu ko ia naʻe nofo ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu kehekehe ʻo ʻIsipité, ʻo kau ai ʻa Nofi. (Sel. 44:1) ʻOku ngalingali naʻe hiki ha fuʻu tokolahi ki ʻIsipite lolotonga ʻa e vahaʻa taimi ʻo e tākiekina ʻe he anga-fakafonua faka-Kalisí ʻa e ngaahi fonuá. ʻOku pehē ʻe Siosifasi naʻe kau ʻa e kau Siú ʻi he fuofua faʻahinga naʻa nau nofoʻi ʻa ʻAlekisanituliá. ʻI he faai atu ʻa e taimí, ko ha fuʻu konga kakato ʻo e kolo ko ení naʻe vaheʻi ange ia maʻanautolu. ʻI he ʻuluaki senituli T.S., ko e tokotaha hiki-tohi Siu ko Filó naʻá ne fakahaaʻi fakapapauʻi mai ko e toko taha miliona ʻo hono kaungā-tangataʻifonuá naʻa nau nofo ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻIsipité, mei he “tafaʻaki ʻo Līpiá ki he ngaahi ngatangataʻanga ʻo ʻItiopeá.”