1 Chronicles 9:2-3

2 ¹Now the first to ²dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the ³temple servants.

3 And some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:

1 Chronicles 9:2-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 9

The genealogies of the several tribes being given, according as they were written in the books of the kings of Israel, 1Ch 9:1, an account follows of those who first settled in Jerusalem after their return from the Babylonish captivity; of the Israelites, 1Ch 9:2-9, of the priests, 1Ch 9:10-13 of the Levites, and of the charge and offices of several of the priests and Levites, 1Ch 9:14-34, and the chapter is concluded with a repetition of the genealogy of the ancestors and posterity of Saul king of Israel, 1Ch 9:35-44.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 2-22, see Nehemiah 11:3-22
• 2. Ezra 2:70; Nehemiah 7:73
• 3. Ezra 2:43, 58; Ezra 7:7; Ezra 8:17, 20; Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 7:60, 73; Nehemiah 10:28; Nehemiah 11:3, 21; [Joshua 9:27]