Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And the first inhabitants which were in their possession in their cities, Israel the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinims.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
Holman Bible
The first
International Standard Version
The first to settle on their own property in their own towns of Israel were priests, descendants of Levi, and the Temple Servants.
A Conservative Version
Now the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the 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.
Amplified
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).
Bible in Basic English
Now the first to take up their heritage in their towns were: Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Darby Translation
And the inhabitants that were first in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
King James 2000
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.
Lexham Expanded 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.
Modern King James verseion
And the first people in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the temple slaves.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the old inhabiters that dwelt in their own possessions and cities were Israel, the priests, Levites and Nethinims.
NET Bible
The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
New Heart English Bible
Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, the first inhabitants, who were in their possessions, in their cities, were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Webster
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
World English Bible
Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the first inhabitants, who are in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, are the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Themes
Gibeonites » The office of the nethinim probably originated in
Nethinim » With the priests and levites » Had cities to reside in
Interlinear
Ri'shown
References
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 9:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Exiles Who Resettled In Jerusalem
1 And all Israel were enrolled; and behold, being written upon the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, they were carried into exile to Babel in their transgression. 2 And the first inhabitants which were in their possession in their cities, Israel the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinims. 3 And in Jerusalem there dwelt from the sons of Judah, and from the sons of Benjamin, and from the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh:
Cross References
Nehemiah 7:73
And there dwelt the priests and the Levites and the gatekeepers, and those singing, and from the people and the Nethinims, and all Israel in their cities; and the seventh month will draw near, and the sons of Israel in their cities.
Ezra 2:43
The Nethinims: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth.
Ezra 2:58
All the Nethinims, the sons of Solomon's servants, three hundred ninety and two.
Ezra 2:70
And the priests dwelt, and the Levites, and from the people, and those singing, and those opening the gates, and the Nethinims, in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
Ezra 8:20
And from the Nethinims David gave, and the chiefs, for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were specified by names.
Nehemiah 7:60
All the Nethinims, and the sons of Solomon's servants, three hundred ninety and two.
Joshua 9:21-27
And the chiefs will say to them, They shall live; and shall be cutting wood and drawing water to all the assembly as the chiefs spake to them.
Nehemiah 11:3-22
And these the heads of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: and in the cities of Judah they dwelt, each in his possession in their cities of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the sons of Solomon's servants.