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Young's Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 9:2

And the first inhabitants, who [are] in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, [are] the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Nethinims;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nethinim;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gibeonites;   Nethinim;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Ibneiah;   Jeuel;   Levites;   Mikloth;   Nethinim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Nethinim;   Priests and Levites;   Shelah;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Nethinim ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nethinims;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Nethinim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Je'uel,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gibeon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Nethinim;   Solomon's Servants;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The first to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
Hebrew Names Version
Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Yisra'el, the Kohanim, the Levites, and the temple servants.
King James Version
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
English Standard Version
Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
New Century Version
The first people to come back and live in their own lands and towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and Temple servants.
New English Translation
The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
Amplified Bible
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).
New American Standard Bible
Now the first inhabitants who lived on their own property in their cities were people of Israel, including the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
World English Bible
Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the chiefe inhabitants that dwelt in their owne possessions, and in their owne cities, euen Israel the Priestes, the Leuites, and the Nethinims.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
Berean Standard Bible
Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
Contemporary English Version
And the first people to return to their towns included priests, Levites, temple workers, and other Israelites.
Complete Jewish Bible
The first people to return to their possessions in the cities were the Isra'elim, the cohanim, the L'vi'im and the temple servants.
Darby Translation
And the inhabitants that were first in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Easy-to-Read Version
The first people to come back and live in their own lands and towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and servants who work in the Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
Now the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the proselytes.
Good News Translation
The first to return to their property in the cities included Israelite citizens, priests, Levites, and Temple workers.
Lexham English Bible
Now the first inhabitants who were settled on their property in their cities in Israel were the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
Literal Translation
And the first dwellers who lived in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the temple slaves.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
euen they yt afore dwelt in their possessions and cities, namely Israel, ye prestes, Leuites and Nethinim.
American Standard Version
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Bible in Basic English
Now the first to take up their heritage in their towns were: Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen the olde inhabiters that dwelt in their owne possessions and cities, the Israelites, the priestes, Leuites, and Nathenei.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
King James Version (1611)
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions, in their cities, were the Israelites, the Priests, Leuits, and the Nethinims.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they that dwelt before in their possessions in the cities of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the appointed ones.
English Revised Version
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli thei that dwelliden first in her citees, and in the possessiouns of Israel, and the preestis, and the dekenes, and Natyneys, dwelliden in Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and those given [to temple service].
Webster's Bible Translation
Now the first inhabitants that [dwelt] in their possessions in their cities [were], the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
New King James Version
And the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.
New Living Translation
The first of the exiles to return to their property in their former towns were priests, Levites, Temple servants, and other Israelites.
New Life Bible
The first ones to live again in their land and in their cities were Israel, the religious leaders, the Levites and the servants of the Lord's house.
New Revised Standard
Now the first to live again in their possessions in their towns were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, the first inhabitants, who were in their possessions, in their cities, were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now the first that dwelt in their possessions, and in their cities, were the Israelites, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathineans.
Revised Standard Version
Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
THE MESSAGE
The first Israelites to return from exile to their homes and cities were the priests, the Levites, and the temple support staff.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites and the temple servants.

Contextual Overview

1 And all Israel have reckoned themselves by genealogy, and lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah -- they were removed to Babylon for their trespass. 2 And the first inhabitants, who [are] in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, [are] the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin, and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh: 4 Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, of the sons of Pharez, son of Judah. 5 And of the Shilonite: Asaiah the first-born, and his sons. 6 And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7 And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah, 8 and Ibneiah son of Jeroham, and Elah son of Uzzi, son of Michri, and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah. 9 And their brethren, according to their generations, [are] nine hundred and fifty and six. All these [are] men, heads of fathers, according to the house of their fathers. 10 And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3468, bc 536

the first: Ezra 2:70, Nehemiah 7:73, Nehemiah 11:3

the Nethinims: Joshua 9:21-27, Ezra 2:43, Ezra 2:58, Ezra 8:20, Nehemiah 7:60, Nehemiah 7:73, Nehemiah 11:3, Nehemiah 11:21

Reciprocal: Joshua 9:27 - made them 1 Chronicles 9:18 - Who hitherto waited Ezra 6:16 - the children Nehemiah 3:26 - Nethinims Nehemiah 7:46 - Nethinims

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'
Genesis 2:19
And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that [is] its name.
Genesis 9:4
only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.
Genesis 9:8
And God speaketh unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying,
Genesis 9:20
And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,
Genesis 9:22
And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.
Genesis 9:23
And Shem taketh -- Japheth also -- the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces [are] backward, and their father's nakedness they have not seen.
Genesis 35:5
and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which [are] round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.
Leviticus 26:6
`And I have given peace in the land, and ye have lain down, and there is none causing trembling; and I have caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, and the sword doth not pass over into your land.
Leviticus 26:22
and sent against you the beast of the field, and it hath bereaved you; and I have cut off your cattle, and have made you few, and your ways have been desolate.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities,.... Who first returned from Babylon upon the proclamation of Cyrus, and enjoyed their former possessions, and dwelt in the cities they had before, or in such as were allotted them, or they chose:

[were], the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims; the whole body that returned were divided into four classes, as they had been before the captivity; the Israelites were the common people in general, the body politic; the priests, the ecclesiastics, who officiated in sacred things; the Levites, who ministered to them; and the Nethinims were such persons as were "given", as the word signifies, to do servile work for the sanctuary, as, to be hewers of wood and drawers of water; such were the Gibeonites, Joshua 9:27, and such as were appointed by David for such work, see Ezra 8:20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The first inhabitants - i. e. the first inhabitants of the holy land after the return from the captivity. They are enumerated under four heads:

(1) Israelites, i. e. the mass of the laity, whether belonging to the ten tribes or the two;

(2) priests;

(3) Levites; and

(4) the lowest order of the ministry, the Nethinims.

These last, whose name is derived from a root “to give,” were a sort of sacred slaves - persons “given” to the Levites to perform the more laborious duties of the sanctuary. Some had been “given” as early as the time of Moses Numbers 31:47; and the number afterward increased Joshua 9:23; Ezra 8:20. At the time of the return from the captivity, owing to the small number of Levites who came back Ezra 2:40-42, the services of the Nethinims became very important. They are mentioned under the name of Nethinims only in Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 9:2. Now the first inhabitants — This is spoken of those who returned from the Babylonish captivity, and of the time in which they returned; for it is insinuated here that other persons afterwards settled at Jerusalem, though these mentioned here were the first on the return from the captivity. Properly speaking, the divisions mentioned in this verse constituted the whole of the Israelitish people, who were, ever since the days of Joshua, divided into the four following classes:

1. The priests.

2. The Levites.

3. The common people, or simple Israelites.

4. The Nethinim, or slaves of the temple, the remains of the Gibeonites, who, having deceived Joshua, were condemned to this service Joshua 9:21, &c. In David's time it is probable that other conquered people were added, as the successors of the Gibeonites were not sufficient to perform all the drudgery of the temple service.


 
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