1 Chronicles 9
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1 Chronicles 9:1-26

1So allH3605 IsraelH3478 was enrolledH3187 by genealogiesH3187; and beholdH2009, they are writtenH3789 in the BookH5612 of the KingsH4428 of IsraelH3478. And 1JudahH3063 was carriedH1540 awayH1540 into exileH1540 to BabylonH894 for their unfaithfulnessH4604.

22Now the firstH7223 whoH834 livedH3427 in their possessionsH272 in their citiesH5892 were IsraelH3478, the priestsH3548, the LevitesH3881 and 3the 4templeH5411 servantsH5411. 3SomeH4480 of the sonsH1121 of JudahH3063, of the sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144 and of the sonsH1121 of EphraimH669 and ManassehH4519 livedH3427 in 5JerusalemH3389: 4UthaiH5793 the sonH1121 of AmmihudH5989, the sonH1121 of OmriH6018, the sonH1121 of ImriH566, the sonH1121 of BaniH1137, from the sonsH1121 of PerezH6557 the 6sonH1121 of JudahH3063. 5From the ShilonitesH7888 were AsaiahH6222 the firstbornH1060 and his sonsH1121. 6From the sonsH1121 of ZerahH2226 were JeuelH3262 and their 7relativesH251, 690H8337H3967H8673 of them. 7From the sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144 were SalluH5543 the sonH1121 of MeshullamH4918, the sonH1121 of HodaviahH1938, the sonH1121 of HassenuahH5574, 8and IbneiahH2997 the sonH1121 of JerohamH3395, and ElahH425 the sonH1121 of UzziH5813, the sonH1121 of MichriH4381, and MeshullamH4918 the sonH1121 of ShephatiahH8203, the sonH1121 of ReuelH7467, the sonH1121 of IbnijahH2998; 9and their relativesH251 according to their generationsH8435, 8956H8672H3967H2572H8337. AllH3605 theseH428 were headsH7218 of fathers’H1 households according to their fathers’H1 housesH1004.

109From the priestsH3548 were JedaiahH3048, JehoiaribH3080, JachinH3199, 11and 10AzariahH5838 the sonH1121 of HilkiahH2518, the sonH1121 of MeshullamH4918, the sonH1121 of ZadokH6659, the sonH1121 of MeraiothH4812, the sonH1121 of AhitubH285, 11the chiefH5057 officerH5057 of the houseH1004 of GodH430; 12and AdaiahH5718 the sonH1121 of JerohamH3395, the sonH1121 of PashhurH6583, the sonH1121 of MalchijahH4441, and MaasaiH4640 the sonH1121 of AdielH5717, the sonH1121 of JahzerahH3170, the sonH1121 of MeshullamH4918, the sonH1121 of MeshillemithH4919, the sonH1121 of ImmerH564; 13and their relativesH251, headsH7218 of their fathers’H1 householdsH1004, 1,760H505H7651H3967H8346 very ableH2428 menH1368 for the workH4399 of the serviceH5656 of the houseH1004 of GodH430.

1412Of the LevitesH3881 were ShemaiahH8098 the sonH1121 of HasshubH2815, the sonH1121 of AzrikamH5840, the sonH1121 of HashabiahH2811, of the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847; 15and BakbakkarH1230, HereshH2792 and GalalH1559 and MattaniahH4983 the sonH1121 of MicaH4316, the sonH1121 of 13ZichriH2147, the sonH1121 of AsaphH623, 16and 14ObadiahH5662 the sonH1121 of 15ShemaiahH8098, the sonH1121 of GalalH1559, the sonH1121 of JeduthunH3038, and BerechiahH1296 the sonH1121 of AsaH609, the sonH1121 of ElkanahH511, who livedH3427 in the villagesH2691 of the NetophathitesH5200.

17Now the gatekeepersH7778 were 16ShallumH7967 and AkkubH6126 and TalmonH2929 and AhimanH289 and their relativesH251 (ShallumH7967 the chiefH7218 18being stationed untilH5704 nowH2008 at 17the king’sH4428 gateH8179 to the eastH4217). TheseH1992 were the gatekeepersH7778 for the campH4264 of the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878. 19ShallumH7967 the sonH1121 of KoreH6981, the sonH1121 of 18EbiasaphH43, the sonH1121 of KorahH7141, and his relativesH251 of his father’sH1 houseH1004, the KorahitesH7145, were overH5921 the workH4399 of the serviceH5656, keepersH8104 of the thresholdsH5592 of the tentH168; and their fathersH1 had been overH5921 the campH4264 of the LordH3068, keepersH8104 of the entranceH3996. 2019PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 was rulerH5057 overH5921 them previouslyH6440, and the LordH3068 was with him. 2120ZechariahH2148 the sonH1121 of MeshelemiahH4920 was gatekeeperH7778 of the entranceH6607 of the tentH168 of meetingH4150. 22AllH3605 these who were chosenH1305 to be gatekeepersH7778 at the thresholdsH5592 were 212H3967H8147H6240. TheseH1992 were enrolledH3187 by genealogyH3187 in their villagesH2691, 21whomH1992 DavidH1732 and SamuelH8050 the seerH7203 appointedH3245 22in their office of trustH530. 23So they and their sonsH1121 23had chargeH5921 of the gatesH8179 of the houseH1004 of the LordH3068, even the houseH1004 of the tentH168, as guardsH4931. 24The gatekeepersH7778 were 24on the fourH702 sidesH7307, to the eastH4217, westH3220, northH6828 and southH5045. 25Their relativesH251 in their villagesH2691 25were to comeH935 in every sevenH7651 daysH3117 from timeH6256 to timeH6256 to be with 26them; 26for the fourH702 chiefH5057 gatekeepersH7778 whoH1992 were LevitesH3881, were in an office of trustH530, and were overH5921 the chambersH3957 and overH5921 the treasuriesH214 in the houseH1004 of GodH430.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Chronicles 9:1 1 Chr 5:25, 26 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Chronicles 9:2 Ezra 2:70; Neh 7:73; 11:3-22 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Chronicles 9:2 Ezra 2:43, 58; 8:20 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Chronicles 9:2 Heb Nethinim ↩
  5. 5. 1 Chronicles 9:3 Neh 11:1 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Chronicles 9:4 Gen 46:12; Num 26:20 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Chronicles 9:6 Lit brothers, and so throughout the ch ↩
  8. 8. 1 Chronicles 9:9 Neh 11:8 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Chronicles 9:10 Neh 11:10-14 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Chronicles 9:11 In Neh 11:11, Seraiah ↩
  11. 11. 1 Chronicles 9:11 Jer 20:1 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Chronicles 9:14 Neh 11:15-19 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Chronicles 9:15 In Neh 11:17, Zabdi ↩
  14. 14. 1 Chronicles 9:16 In Neh 11:17, Abda ↩
  15. 15. 1 Chronicles 9:16 In Neh 11:17, Shammua ↩
  16. 16. 1 Chronicles 9:17 In v 21, Meshelemiah; in 26:14, Shelemiah; in Neh 12:25, Meshullam ↩
  17. 17. 1 Chronicles 9:18 Ezek 44:1; 46:1, 2 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Chronicles 9:19 In Ex 6:24, Abiasaph ↩
  19. 19. 1 Chronicles 9:20 Num 25:7-13 ↩
  20. 20. 1 Chronicles 9:21 1 Chr 26:2, 14 ↩
  21. 21. 1 Chronicles 9:22 1 Chr 26:1 ↩
  22. 22. 1 Chronicles 9:22 2 Chr 31:15, 18 ↩
  23. 23. 1 Chronicles 9:23 Lit were over the gates ↩
  24. 24. 1 Chronicles 9:24 Lit to the four winds ↩
  25. 25. 1 Chronicles 9:25 2 Kin 11:5, 7; 2 Chr 23:8 ↩
  26. 26. 1 Chronicles 9:25 Lit these ↩

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