1 Chronicles 9:2-3

2 1Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites and 2the temple servants.
3 Some of the sons of Judah, of the sons of Benjamin and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh lived in 3Jerusalem:

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 3

  • 1. Ezra 2:70; Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 11:3-22
  • 2. Ezra 2:43, 58; Ezra 8:20
  • 3. Nehemiah 11:1

Footnotes 1

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