Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And the first people in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the temple slaves.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And the first inhabitants which were in their possession in their cities, Israel the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinims.
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 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 So all Israel enrolled themselves. And behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was exiled to Babylon for their sins. 2 And the first people in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the temple slaves. 3 And in Jerusalem lived of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin, and of the sons of Ephraim, and Manasseh:
Cross References
Nehemiah 7:73
And the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the temple slaves, and all Israel, lived in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the sons of Israel were in their cities.
Ezra 2:43
The temple-slaves: The sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
Ezra 2:58
All the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants three hundred and ninety-two.
Ezra 2:70
And the priests, and the Levites, and many of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple slaves, lived in their cities. And all Israel in their cities.
Ezra 8:20
also of the temple slaves whom David and the rulers had chosen for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty temple slaves. All of them were called by name.
Nehemiah 7:60
All the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants, three hundred and ninety-two.
Joshua 9:21-27
And the rulers said to them, Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the rulers had promised them.
Nehemiah 11:3-22
And these are the rulers of the province who lived in Jerusalem. But in the cities of Judah everyone lived in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants.