1 All Israel and Judah numbered. 10 Of the Priests and Levites, 11, 18 And of their offices.

Thus all Israel were numbered by their genealogies: and behold, they are written in the book of the Kings of Israel and of Judah, and they were [a]carried away to Babel for their transgression.

¶ And the chief inhabitants that dwelt in their own possessions, and in their own cities, even Israel, the Priests, the Levites, and the [b]Nethinim.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 9:1 Hitherto he hath described their genealogies before they went into captivity, and now he describeth their history after their return.
  2. 1 Chronicles 9:2 Meaning, the Gibeonites, which served in the Temple, read Josh. 9:13.

All Israel(A) was listed in the genealogies recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. They were taken captive to Babylon(B) because of their unfaithfulness.(C)

The People in Jerusalem(D)

Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns(E) were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.(F)

Those from Judah, from Benjamin, and from Ephraim and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem were:

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