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1 Chronicles 9 Summary
Post-Exile Settlers and Temple Officers
This chapter records the genealogies of those who returned from captivity and dwelt in their possessions in the cities of Israel. It lists the inhabitants of Jerusalem from Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, then names the priests and Levites who served in the temple. It describes the four chief porters at the gates and the Levites appointed by David and Samuel the seer to oversee the tabernacle's work, chambers, treasures, and various temple duties.
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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.”
1 Chronicles 9:22
“All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.”
1 Chronicles 9:33
“And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.”
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