1 Chronicles 9:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

1 Chronicles 9:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Chronicles 9:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Chronicles 9:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

1 Chronicles 9:2 — World English Bible

1 Chronicles 9:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. ”

1 Chronicles 9:2 — American Standard Version

1 Chronicles 9:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the first inhabitants, who <FI>are<Fi> in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, <FI>are<Fi> the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.”

1 Chronicles 9:2 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 9:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the inhabitants that were first in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. ”

1 Chronicles 9:2 — Darby Translation

1 Chronicles 9:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the chiefe inhabitants that dwelt in their owne possessions, and in their owne cities, euen Israel the Priestes, the Leuites, and the Nethinims.”

1 Chronicles 9:2 — Geneva Bible

1 Chronicles 9:2 in Context — 1 Chronicles 9

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;

4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

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What Does 1 Chronicles 9:2 Mean?

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