1 Chronicles 9:2

Translations

Modern

Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

Traditional

Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

Literal

And the first dwellers who were in their possessions in their cities of Israel were the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

Latin

Qui autem habitaverunt primi in possessionibus et in urbibus suis: Israël, et sacerdotes, et Levitæ, et Nathinæi.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

Notes

1 Chronicles 9:1–34

The Chronicler explains how people and institutions returning from the exile in Babylon connected with the past. The Levites and priests are important in this summary of Israel. The Chronicler believes they were central to the nation's organization. They were vital to Israel's success as a nation with God as king. The Chronicler used ancient records from Moses and David (1 Chronicles 9:19–22) to describe each group's homeland and rank.

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Nehemiah 7:73
So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.
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So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.
Ezra 8:20
They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.
Ezra 2:58
The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
Ezra 2:43
The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,
Nehemiah 7:60
The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
Joshua 9:21–27
They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
Nehemiah 11:3–22
These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Levi: Son of Jacob; progenitor of the Levites

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Merari, Merarite Nethinim

Topics

Gibeonites: The office of the Nethinim Probably Originated In Nethinim with the Priests and Levites: had Cities to Reside In Nethinims: Return from the Captivity

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