Parallel Verses

Webster

Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

New American Standard Bible

Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites and the temple servants.

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 to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

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 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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now the first
ראשׁן ראשׁון 
Ri'shown 
Usage: 182

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

אחזּה 
'achuzzah 
Usage: 66

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

the priests
כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

לוי לויּי 
Leviyiy 
Usage: 283

Context Readings

Exiles Who Resettled In Jerusalem

1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. 2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;

Cross References

Nehemiah 7:73

So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

Ezra 2:43

The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

Ezra 2:58

All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.

Ezra 2:70

So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

Ezra 8:20

Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

Nehemiah 7:60

All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred and ninety two.

Joshua 9:21-27

And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood, and drawers of water to all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

Nehemiah 11:3-22

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.

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