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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The first of the exiles to return to their property in their former towns were priests, Levites, Temple servants, and other Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now the first inhabitants that <i>dwelt</i> in their possessions in their cities <i>were</i>, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the first inhabitants who <i>dwelt</i> in their possessions in their cities <i>were</i> Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the first inhabitants who <i>lived</i> on their own property in their cities <i>were people of</i> Israel, <i>including</i> the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites and the temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities <i>were</i> Israel, the priests, the Levites and the temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities <i>were</i> Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now the first [of the returned exiles] who lived [again] in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim (temple servants).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The first to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The first to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And the first people to return to their towns included priests, Levites, temple workers, and other Israelites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The first to settle again on their property in their own cities were [some] Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The first to return to their property in the cities included Israelite citizens, priests, Levites, and Temple workers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The first to settle on their own property in their own towns of Israel were priests, descendants of Levi, and the Temple Servants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the first inhabitants, who [are] in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, [are] the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the first inhabitants, who are in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, are the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the first inhabitants which were in their possession in their cities, Israel the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinims.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Now the first that dwelt in their possessions, and in their cities, were the Israelites, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathineans. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now the first who lived in their possessions and in their cities were Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, and the temple servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The first to settle again in their cities and dwell there were certain Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the first to live again in their possessions in their towns were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the proselytes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And those who were first in their inheritance and in their cities: Israel and the Priests and the Levites and the Proselytes.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they that dwelt before in their possessions in the cities of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the appointed ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=2770" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/9.htm">The People of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·nîm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">Now the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wə·hay·yō·wō·šə·ḇîm (Conj-w, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">to resettle</a> <a href="/hebrew/272.htm" title="272: ba·’ă·ḥuz·zā·ṯām (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- A possession. Feminine passive participle from 'achaz; something seized, i.e. A possession.">their own property</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: bə·‘ā·rê·hem (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">in their cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">were Israelites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hă·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">priests,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·wî·yim (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">Levites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5411.htm" title="5411: wə·han·nə·ṯî·nîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- Temple servants. Or Nathuwn, from nathan; one given, i.e. the Nethinim, or Temple-servants.">and temple servants.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>These were some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/2-70.htm">Ezra 2:70</a></span><br />So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/7-73.htm">Nehemiah 7:73</a></span><br />So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/11-3.htm">Nehemiah 11:3</a></span><br />These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/1-5.htm">Ezra 1:5</a></span><br />So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/11-1.htm">Nehemiah 11:1-2</a></span><br />Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns. / And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1</a></span><br />Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/7-6.htm">Nehemiah 7:6</a></span><br />These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/11-20.htm">Nehemiah 11:20</a></span><br />The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/6-16.htm">Ezra 6:16-17</a></span><br />Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy. / For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/12-1.htm">Nehemiah 12:1</a></span><br />Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-17.htm">Matthew 1:17</a></span><br />In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-36.htm">Luke 2:36-38</a></span><br />There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years, / and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. / Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-5.htm">Acts 2:5</a></span><br />Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1</a></span><br />I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-5.htm">Philippians 3:5</a></span><br />circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now the first inhabitants that dwelled in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/2-70.htm">Ezra 2:70</a></b></br> So the priests, and the Levites, and <i>some</i> of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/7-73.htm">Nehemiah 7:73</a></b></br> So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and <i>some</i> of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel <i>were</i> in their cities.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/11-3.htm">Nehemiah 11:3</a></b></br> Now these <i>are</i> the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, <i>to wit</i>, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.</p><p class="hdg">the Nethinims</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/9-21.htm">Joshua 9:21-27</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/2-43.htm">Ezra 2:43,58</a></b></br> The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/8-20.htm">Ezra 8:20</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/6-67.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-22.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/8-32.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">First</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-28.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/8-13.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-70.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-77.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-21.htm">Nethinim</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-21.htm">Nethinims</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-28.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-28.htm">Possessions</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-20.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-14.htm">Property</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Resettle</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-24.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-32.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/8-12.htm">Towns</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/10-7.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-7.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-3.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-6.htm">First</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-18.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-11.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-1.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-14.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/ezra/2-43.htm">Nethinim</a> <a href="/ezra/2-43.htm">Nethinims</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-1.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-1.htm">Possessions</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-10.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-25.htm">Property</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm">Resettle</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-25.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-28.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-16.htm">Towns</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-1.htm">The original of Israel and Judah's genealogies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">The Israelites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-10.htm">The priests</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-14.htm">and the Levites, with Nethinims, who dwelt in Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-27.htm">The charge of certain Levites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-35.htm">The stock of Saul and Jonathan</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The resettlement signifies a restoration of the covenant relationship with God, as the land was a key component of the promises made to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>). The return to their cities underscores the importance of tribal and familial inheritance in Israelite society, as land was distributed according to tribes and families (Joshua 13-21). This resettlement is a fulfillment of prophetic promises, such as those found in <a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm">Jeremiah 29:10</a>, where God promises to bring His people back after 70 years of exile.<p><b>were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants</b><br>The mention of these groups highlights the reestablishment of religious and social order in post-exilic Israel. The Israelites represent the general population, while the priests and Levites are specifically tasked with religious duties. The priests, descendants of Aaron, were responsible for performing sacrifices and maintaining the temple rituals (Exodus 28-29). The Levites, from the tribe of Levi, assisted the priests and had roles in teaching the law and leading worship (<a href="/numbers/3-5.htm">Numbers 3:5-10</a>). The temple servants, or Nethinim, were a group assigned to assist the Levites in the more menial tasks of temple service (<a href="/ezra/2-43.htm">Ezra 2:43-54</a>). This structure points to the centrality of worship and the temple in the life of Israel, foreshadowing the ultimate priesthood of Jesus Christ, who fulfills and transcends these roles (<a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14-16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of Jacob, also known as Israel, who were God's chosen people. They were the first to resettle in their ancestral lands after the Babylonian exile.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>Members of the tribe of Levi, specifically the descendants of Aaron, who were responsible for performing sacrifices and maintaining the rituals of the temple.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a></b><br>A tribe of Israel set apart for religious duties, assisting the priests and taking care of the temple and its services.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/temple_servants.htm">Temple Servants</a></b><br>Also known as the Nethinim, these were individuals assigned to assist the Levites in the temple, often performing more menial tasks.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/resettlement.htm">Resettlement</a></b><br>The event of returning to and reestablishing communities in their ancestral lands after the Babylonian exile, a significant moment in Israel's history.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_restoration.htm">Faithfulness in Restoration</a></b><br>God is faithful to His promises, as seen in the return of the Israelites to their land. This encourages believers to trust in God's faithfulness in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leadership.htm">Role of Spiritual Leadership</a></b><br>The presence of priests and Levites underscores the importance of spiritual leadership in community restoration. Believers are reminded to value and support their spiritual leaders.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/service_in_god's_kingdom.htm">Service in God's Kingdom</a></b><br>The temple servants' role highlights that every task, no matter how small, is significant in God's work. Believers are encouraged to serve faithfully in whatever capacity they are called.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_heritage.htm">Community and Heritage</a></b><br>The resettlement emphasizes the importance of community and heritage. Believers are encouraged to cherish and invest in their spiritual communities and heritage.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_nethinim.htm">Who were the Nethinim in biblical history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_returnee_lists_differ_in_1_chr,_ez,_neh.htm">Why does the chronicler’s account of who returned to Jerusalem in 1 Chronicles 9 differ from the lists in Ezra and Nehemiah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_2_chr_31_15-16_with_no_parallels.htm">In 2 Chronicles 31:15-16, how do we reconcile the detailed priestly organization described here with the lack of parallel records in other historical texts from that era?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_kings_6_with_archaeology.htm">Given the temple's grandeur in 1 Kings 6:2-10, how do we reconcile this with the relatively modest archaeological evidence of Solomon's era?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions, in their cities</span>. Authorities are very divided as to whether this expression describes inhabitants of the land before the Captivity or subsequent to it. Almost all the older authorities, and Keil amongst those of more modern date, take the former position; Movers, Bertheau, and others take the latter, as also Canon Rawlinson ('Speaker's Commentary,' 3:157, 211). It must be admitted that there is some obscurity, and which accounts for the contrariety of opinion. But obscurity and contrariety notwithstanding, a comparison of vers. 2 and 3 with <a href="/nehemiah/11-1.htm">Nehemiah 11:1-4</a>: produces two impressions almost irresistible, viz. that the difficulty is occasioned by some comparatively slight corruption or mutilation in our ver. 2; and that, whatever the reference is in <a href="/nehemiah/11-1.htm">Nehemiah 11:1-4</a> (and there is no ambiguity there), that it is in the present passage. The fourfold classification intends the <span class="cmt_word">Israel</span> <span class="accented">people</span> (<a href="/isaiah/24-2.htm">Isaiah 24:2</a>; <a href="/hosea/4-9.htm">Hosea 4:9</a>), the <span class="cmt_word">priests</span>, the <span class="cmt_word">Levites</span>, the <span class="cmt_word">Nethinims</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> those <span class="accented">given</span> as helpers of the priests, bond-men of the temple (<a href="/numbers/8-18.htm">Numbers 8:18, 19</a>; <a href="/numbers/31-47.htm">Numbers 31:47</a>; <a href="/ezra/2-40.htm">Ezra 2:40-48</a>; <a href="/ezra/8-17.htm">Ezra 8:17, 20</a>). Not before the time of the return does the name Nethinim seem to have crystallized upon this class of helpers, the explanation of which may possibly be that their numbers and their services then became so much more necessary. To this classification is added in <a href="/nehemiah/11-3.htm">Nehemiah 11:3</a>, "And the children of Solomon's servants" (<a href="/ezra/2-55.htm">Ezra 2:55</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now the first</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ri·šō·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to resettle</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַיּוֹשְׁבִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hay·yō·wō·šə·ḇîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their own property</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּאֲחֻזָּתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ba·’ă·ḥuz·zā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_272.htm">Strong's 272: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something seized, a possession</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in their cities</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ā·rê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were Israelites,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵל֙</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">priests,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hă·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Levites,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלְוִיִּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hal·wî·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> </span><span class="str2">Levites -- descendant of Levi</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and temple servants.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַנְּתִינִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·han·nə·ṯî·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5411.htm">Strong's 5411: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Nethinim, Temple-servants</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">1 Chronicles 9:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 9:2 Now the first inhabitants who lived (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 9:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 9:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 9:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 9:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>