1 Chronicles 9
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1 Chronicles 9:1-26

1And all IsraelH3478 were registered by genealogyH3187; and behold, they are writtenH3789 in the bookH5612 of the kingsH4428 of IsraelH3478. And JudahH3063 was carried away to BabylonH894 because of their transgression.

2And the inhabitantsH3427 that were firstH7223 in their possessionsH272 in their citiesH5892 were the Israelites, the priestsH3548, the LevitesH3881, and the Nethinim.

3And in JerusalemH3389 dweltH3427 of the children of JudahH3063, and of the children of BenjaminH1144, and of the children of EphraimH669, and ManassehH4519:

4UthaiH5793 the sonH1121 of AmmihudH5989, the sonH1121 of OmriH6018, the sonH1121 of ImriH566, the sonH1121 of BaniH1137, of the children of Pherez the sonH1121 of JudahH3063.

5And of the Shilonites: AsaiahH6222 the firstbornH1060, and his sonsH1121.

6And of the sonsH1121 of ZerahH2226: Jeuel; and their brethren, sixH8337 hundredH3967 and ninetyH8673.

7And of the sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144: SalluH5543 the sonH1121 of MeshullamH4918, the sonH1121 of HodaviahH1938, the sonH1121 of Hassenuah,

8and Jibneiah the sonH1121 of JerohamH3395, and ElahH425 the sonH1121 of UzziH5813, the sonH1121 of Michri, and MeshullamH4918 the sonH1121 of ShephatiahH8203, the sonH1121 of ReuelH7467, the sonH1121 of Jibnijah;

9and their brethren, according to their generationsH8435, nineH8672 hundredH3967 and fifty-six. All these menH376 were chiefH7218 fathersH1 in their fathers' housesH1004.

10And of the priestsH3548: JedaiahH3048, and JehoiaribH3080, and Jachin,

11and AzariahH5838 the sonH1121 of Hilkijah, the sonH1121 of MeshullamH4918, the sonH1121 of ZadokH6659, the sonH1121 of MeraiothH4812, the sonH1121 of AhitubH285, the rulerH5057 of the houseH1004 of 1GodH430;

12and AdaiahH5718 the sonH1121 of JerohamH3395, the sonH1121 of PashhurH6583, the sonH1121 of Malchijah, and Masai the sonH1121 of AdielH5717, the sonH1121 of Jahzerah, the sonH1121 of MeshullamH4918, the sonH1121 of Meshillemith, the sonH1121 of ImmerH564;

13and their brethren, headsH7218 of their fathers' housesH1004, a thousandH505 and sevenH7651 hundredH3967 and sixtyH8346; able menH1368 for the workH4399 of the serviceH5656 of the houseH1004 of 2GodH430.

14And of the LevitesH3881: ShemaiahH8098 the sonH1121 of HasshubH2815, the sonH1121 of AzrikamH5840, the sonH1121 of HashabiahH2811, of the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847;

15and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and GalalH1559; and MattaniahH4983 the sonH1121 of Micah, the sonH1121 of Zichri, the sonH1121 of AsaphH623;

16and ObadiahH5662 the sonH1121 of ShemaiahH8098, the sonH1121 of GalalH1559, the sonH1121 of JeduthunH3038; and Berechiah the sonH1121 of AsaH609, the sonH1121 of ElkanahH511, who dweltH3427 in the villages of the Netophathites.

17And the doorkeepers: ShallumH7967, and AkkubH6126, and TalmonH2929, and AhimanH289, and their brethren; ShallumH7967 was the chiefH7218.

18And they have been hitherto in the king's gateH8179 eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the campsH4264 of the children of LeviH3878.

19And ShallumH7967 the sonH1121 of KoreH6981, the sonH1121 of EbiasaphH43, the sonH1121 of KorahH7141, and his brethren, of the houseH1004 of his fatherH1, the KorahitesH7145, were over the workH4399 of the serviceH5656, keepersH8104 of the thresholdsH5592 of the tentH168, and their fathersH1, set over the campH4264 of Jehovah, were keepersH8104 of the entranceH3996.

20And PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 wasH1961 the rulerH5057 over them formerly; Jehovah wasH1961 with him.

21ZechariahH2148 the sonH1121 of MeshelemiahH4920 was doorkeeper at the entranceH6607 to the tentH168 of meetingH4150.

22All these chosen to be doorkeepers at the thresholdsH5592 were twoH8147 hundredH3967 and twelve. These were registered by genealogyH3187 according to their villages: DavidH1732 and SamuelH8050 the seer had instituted them in their trust.

23And they and their sonsH1121 were at the gatesH8179 of the houseH1004 of Jehovah, the houseH1004 of the tentH168, to keepH4931 watchH4931 there.

24At the fourH702 quarters wereH1961 the doorkeepers, toward the eastH4217, westH3220, northH6828, and southH5045.

25And their brethren, in their villages, were to comeH935 after [every] sevenH7651 daysH3117 from timeH6256 to timeH6256 with them.

26For in their trust these fourH702 wereH1961 the chief doorkeepers: they wereH1961 LevitesH3881; and they wereH1961 over the chambers and over the treasuriesH214 of the houseH1004 of 3GodH430;

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Chronicles 9:11 9.11 Elohim ↩
  2. 2. 1 Chronicles 9:13 9.13 Elohim ↩
  3. 3. 1 Chronicles 9:26 9.26 Elohim ↩

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