Here is a list of the names of the provincial officials who came to live in Jerusalem. (Most of the people, priests, Levites, Temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants continued to live in their own homes in the various towns of Judah,
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- WEB Now 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.
- KJV Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.
- BSB These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
- NKJV These are the heads of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem. (But in the cities of Judah everyone dwelt in his own possession in their cities—Israelites, priests, Levites, Nethinim, and descendants of Solomon’s servants.)
- NASB Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah each lived on his own property in their cities—the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants.
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Quick answer
This introduces a list of the leaders who settled in Jerusalem and the various groups living in Judah's towns. It records God's faithfulness in restoring his people to the land.
Overview
The verse opens a register of those who resettled Jerusalem and the surrounding cities — Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon's servants. Each lived in his ancestral possession, fulfilling God's promise to restore his people after exile. Such lists, though plain, testify that God keeps covenant and preserves a community for himself across generations.
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Cross-references · 9
- Ezra 2:43The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
- 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.
- 1 Chr 9:1–34So all Israel were listed by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
- Ezra 2:1Now these are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;
- 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 2:55–58The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
- Neh 7:6These are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city;
- Neh 11:20The residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.
- Neh 7:57–60The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
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