New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Chronicles 9:1-17

1So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And 1Judah was carried away into exile to Babylon for their unfaithfulness.

2 2Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites and 3the 4temple servants. 3Some of the sons of Judah, of the sons of Benjamin and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh lived in 5Jerusalem: 4Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the 6son of Judah. 5From the Shilonites were Asaiah the firstborn and his sons. 6From the sons of Zerah were Jeuel and their 7relatives, 690 of them. 7From the sons of Benjamin were Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah, 8and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9and their relatives according to their generations, 8956. All these were heads of fathers’ households according to their fathers’ houses.

10 9From the priests were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin, 11and 10Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, 11the chief officer of the house of God; 12and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 13and their relatives, heads of their fathers’ households, 1,760 very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

14 12Of the Levites were Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15and Bakbakkar, Heresh and Galal and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of 13Zichri, the son of Asaph, 16and 14Obadiah the son of 15Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

17Now the gatekeepers were 16Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief

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Notes

1. 1 Chronicles 9:1 1 Chr 5:25, 26 ↩
2. 1 Chronicles 9:2 Ezra 2:70; Neh 7:73; 11:3-22 ↩
3. 1 Chronicles 9:2 Ezra 2:43, 58; 8:20 ↩
4. 1 Chronicles 9:2 Heb Nethinim ↩
5. 1 Chronicles 9:3 Neh 11:1 ↩
6. 1 Chronicles 9:4 Gen 46:12; Num 26:20 ↩
7. 1 Chronicles 9:6 Lit brothers, and so throughout the ch ↩
8. 1 Chronicles 9:9 Neh 11:8 ↩
9. 1 Chronicles 9:10 Neh 11:10-14 ↩
10. 1 Chronicles 9:11 In Neh 11:11, Seraiah ↩
11. 1 Chronicles 9:11 Jer 20:1 ↩
12. 1 Chronicles 9:14 Neh 11:15-19 ↩
13. 1 Chronicles 9:15 In Neh 11:17, Zabdi ↩
14. 1 Chronicles 9:16 In Neh 11:17, Abda ↩
15. 1 Chronicles 9:16 In Neh 11:17, Shammua ↩
16. 1 Chronicles 9:17 In v 21, Meshelemiah; in 26:14, Shelemiah; in Neh 12:25, Meshullam ↩

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