1 Chronicles 9:1-8

People of Jerusalem

1 So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And ¹Judah was carried away into exile to Babylon for their unfaithfulness.

2 ²Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites and ³the temple servants.

3 Some of the sons of Judah, of the sons of Benjamin and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh lived in ⁴Jerusalem:

4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the ⁵son of Judah.

5 From the Shilonites were Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

6 From the sons of Zerah were Jeuel and their relatives, 690 * * of them.

7 From the sons of Benjamin were Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,

8 and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

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1 Chronicles 9:1-8 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. 1 Chronicles 5:25, 26
2. Ezra 2:70; Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 11:3-22
3. Ezra 2:43, 58; Ezra 8:20
4. Nehemiah 11:1
5. Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:20

Footnotes 2

[a]. Heb "Nethinim"
[b]. Lit "brothers," and so throughout the ch