1 Chronicles 9:2

What does 1 Chronicles 9:2 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 9:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now the first to take up their heritage in their towns were: Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the first inhabitants, who <FI>are<Fi> in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, <FI>are<Fi> the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the inhabitants that were first in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

Context

v.1So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression.

v.2This passage

v.3And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 9:21

    And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.

  • Ezra 8:20

    and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by name.

  • Ezra 2:58

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

  • Nehemiah 7:73

    So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.

  • Ezra 2:70

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

  • Nehemiah 7:60

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

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