1 Chronicles 9:1-6

1 So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

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

3 And some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, E'phraim, and Manas'seh dwelt in Jerusalem:

4 Uthai the son of Ammi'hud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the son of Judah.

5 And of the Shi'lonites: Asai'ah the first-born, and his sons.

6 Of the sons of Zerah: Jeu'el and their kinsmen, six hundred and ninety.

1 Chronicles 9:1-6 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.