1 Chronicles 9:1-3

1 All Israel was listed in the genealogies recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. They were taken captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

The People in Jerusalem

2 Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.

3 Those from Judah, from Benjamin, and from Ephraim and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem were:

1 Chronicles 9:1-3 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. 1 Chronicles 11:1,10; 1 Chronicles 12:38; 1 Chronicles 14:8; 2 Chronicles 5:3,28">12 Chronicles 5:3,28; 1 Chronicles 18:14; 1 Chronicles 19:17; 1 Chronicles 21:5; 1 Chronicles 28:4,8; 1 Chronicles 29:21,23; 2 Chronicles 1:2; 2 Chronicles 5:3; 2 Chronicles 7:8; 2 Chronicles 10:3,16; 2 Chronicles 12:1; 2 Chronicles 13:4,15; 2 Chronicles 18:16; 2 Chronicles 24:5; 2 Chronicles 28:23; 2 Chronicles 29:24; 2 Chronicles 30:1
• 2. S Deuteronomy 21:10
• 3. S 1 Chronicles 5:25
• 4. Joshua 9:27; Ezra 2:70
• 5. Ezra 2:43,58; Ezra 8:20; Nehemiah 7:60