1 Chronicles 9 · Verse 2

1 Chronicles 9:2

Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
1 Chronicles 9:2, King James Version

1 Chronicles 9:2 in other translations

BSBNow the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
WEBNow the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
ASVNow the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
YLTAnd the first inhabitants, who are in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, are the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
DARBYAnd the inhabitants that were first in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
BBENow the first to take up their heritage in their towns were: Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
WebsterNow the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

What does 1 Chronicles 9:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions--This chapter relates wholly to the first returned exiles. Almost all the names recur in Nehemiah (Ne 11:1-36), although there are differences which will be explained there. The same division of the people into four classes was continued after, as before the captivity; namely, the priests, Levites, natives, who now were called by the common name of Israelites, and the Nethinims (Jos 9:27; Ezr 2:43; 8:20). When the historian speaks of "the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions," he implies that there were others who afterwards returned and settled in possessions not occupied by the first. Accordingly, we read of a great number returning successively under Ezra, Nehemiah, and at a later period. And some of those who returned to the ancient inheritance of their fathers, had lived before the time of the captivity (Ezr 3:12; Hag 2:4, 10).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Now the first inhabitants - This is spoken of those who returned from the Babylonish captivity, and of the time in which they returned; for it is insinuated here that other persons afterwards settled at Jerusalem, though these mentioned here were the first on the return from the captivity. Properly speaking, the divisions mentioned in this verse constituted the whole of the Israelitish people, who were, ever since the days of Joshua, divided into the four following classes: 1. The priests. 2. The Levites. 3. The common people, or simple Israelites. 4. The Nethinim, or slaves of the temple, the remains of the Gibeonites, who, having deceived Joshua, were condemned to this service Jos 9:21, etc. In David's time it is probable that other conquered people were added, as the successors of the Gibeonites were not sufficient to perform all the drudgery of the temple service.

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1 Chronicles 9:2 in the original Hebrew

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וְהַיּוֹשְׁבִים֙ve.hai.yo.she.Vimand the inhabitantsH3427
הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםha.Ri.sho.Nim<the> firstH7223
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhoH834
בַּאֲחֻזָּתָ֖םba.'a.chu.za.Tam[were] in possession theirH272
בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑םbe.'a.rei.Hemin cities theirH5892
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'El[were] IsraelH3478
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
הַלְוִיִּ֖םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
וְהַנְּתִינִֽים\׃ve.ha.ne.ti.Nimand the temple servantsH5411

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 9:2

  • Nehemiah 7:73

    So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

  • Ezra 8:20

    Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

  • Ezra 2:70

    So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

  • Ezra 2:58

    All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.

  • Ezra 2:43

    The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

  • Nehemiah 7:60

    All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.

  • Nehemiah 11:3-22

    Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants. And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col–hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. …

  • Joshua 9:21-27

    And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. the first.
Ezr 2:70; Ne 7:73; 11:3
the Nethinims.
Jos 9:21-27; Ezr 2:43,58; 8:20; Ne 7:60,73; 11:3,21

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 9:1

    So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:2

    Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:3

    And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;

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1 Chronicles 9:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los primeros moradores que entraron en sus posesiones en sus ciudades, fueron así de Israel, como de los sacerdotes, Levitas, y Nethineos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les premiers habitants qui étaient dans leurs possessions, dans leurs villes, étaient Israël, les sacrificateurs, les lévites, et les Nethiniens.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die ersten Bewohner, welche in ihrem Besitztum, in ihren Städten, wohnten, waren: Israel, die Priester, die Leviten und die Nethinim.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui autem habitaverunt primi in possessionibus et in urbibus suis: Israël, et sacerdotes, et Levitæ, et Nathinæi.