1 Chronicles 9:2

Now, the first inhabitants, who were in their possessions, in their cities, were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And, all Israel, registered themselves, and lo! they are written, in the Book of the Kings of Israel, and, Judah, was carried away captive to Babylon, for their faithlessness.

3And, in Jerusalem, there dwelt, of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin,—and of the sons of Ephraim, and Manasseh:

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Cross References

Joshua 9:21And the princes said unto them—Let them live. So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the assembly, as the princes spake unto them.

Ezra 2:43The Nethinim, The sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth;

Ezra 2:70So the priests and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers and the doorkeepers and the Nethinim, took up their abode, in their cities,—and, all Israel, in their cities.

Nehemiah 7:60All the Nethinim, and the Sons of the Servants of Solomon, were three hundred, and ninety-two.

Nehemiah 10:29were holding fast unto their distinguished brethren, and were entering into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given through Moses the servant of God,—and to observe and do, all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his regulations, and his statutes;

Nehemiah 11:3Now, these, are the chiefs of the province, who dwelt in Jerusalem, but, in the cities of Judah, dwelt every man in his possession throughout their cities, Israel, the priests, and the Levites and the Nethinim, and the Sons of the Servants of Solomon.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 9:2-14

Genealogies. ( b. c. 700.) 1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. 2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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