Lìdaìzhìshàng 9:2-3

2 Xiān cóng Bābǐlún huí lái , zhù zaì zìjǐ dì yè chéngyì zhōng de yǒu Yǐsèliè rén , jìsī , Lìwèi rén , ní tí níng de shǒulǐng .

3 Zhù zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng de yǒu Yóudà rén , Biànyǎmǐn rén , Yǐfǎlián rén , Mǎnáxī rén .

Lìdaìzhìshàng 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.