Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
Parallel translations
- KJV Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
- BSB Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
- NKJV And the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.
- NASB 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.
- NLT The first of the exiles to return to their property in their former towns were priests, Levites, Temple servants, and other Israelites.
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Lists the first groups to resettle their towns after exile: laypeople, priests, Levites, and temple servants. It signals the community rebuilt around worship.
Overview
The returnees are organized around the temple, with priests, Levites, and Nethinim (temple servants) named alongside ordinary Israelites. The Chronicler highlights that worship stood at the center of the restored nation's life. This ordering reflects his conviction that Israel's true identity is found in serving God, anticipating the people of God in Christ who are built together as a spiritual house.
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Cross-references · 8
- Neh 7:73So the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their cities. When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
- Ezra 8:20and of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred twenty temple servants. All of them were mentioned by name.
- Ezra 2:58All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
- Ezra 2:70So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, the singers, the porters, and the temple servants, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
- Ezra 2:43The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
- Neh 7:60All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
- Neh 11:3–22Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah everyone lived in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants.
- Josh 9:21–27The princes said to them, “Let them live, so they became wood cutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.”
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