1 Chronicles 9:2-3

2 qui autem habitaverunt primi in possessionibus et in urbibus suis Israhel et sacerdotes Levitae et Nathinnei

3 commorati sunt in Hierusalem de filiis Iuda et de filiis Beniamin de filiis quoque Ephraim et Manasse

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.