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1 Chronicles 9

1 Chron. 9:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Nowd the first
ri'shown (Hebrew #7223)
from 7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
KJV usage: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
Pronounce: ree-shone'
Origin: or riishon {ree-shone'}
inhabitants
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
that dwelt in their possessions
'achuzzah (Hebrew #272)
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
KJV usage: possession.
Pronounce: akh-ooz-zaw'
Origin: feminine passive participle from 270
in their cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
were, the Israelites
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, the priests
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
, Levites
Leviyiy (Hebrew #3881)
patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
KJV usage: Leviite.
Pronounce: lay-vee-ee'
Origin: or Leviy {lay-vee'}
, and the Nethinims
Nathiyn (Hebrew #5411)
one given, i.e. (in the plural only) the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that duty)
KJV usage: Nethinims.
Pronounce: naw-theen'
Origin: or Nathuwn (Ezra 8:17) {naw-thoon'} (the proper form as passive participle), from 5414
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Ezra 2:70• 70So 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 2:70)
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Neh. 7:73• 73So 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. (Neh. 7:73)
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Josh. 9:27• 27And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. (Josh. 9:27)
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Ezra 2:43• 43The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, (Ezra 2:43)
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Ezra 8:20• 20Also 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. (Ezra 8:20)

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Israelites,
Levites,
Nethinim,
Priest; Priesthood

Cross References

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A.M. 3468.
B.C. 536.
the first.
Ezra 2:70• 70So 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 2:70)
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Neh. 7:73• 73So 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. (Neh. 7:73)
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Neh. 11:3• 3Now 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. (Neh. 11:3)
the Nethinims.
Josh. 9:21‑27• 21And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
 22And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
 23Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
 24And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
 25And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
 26And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
 27And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. (Josh. 9:21‑27)
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Ezra 2:43,58• 43The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
 58All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. (Ezra 2:43,58)
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Ezra 8:20• 20Also 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. (Ezra 8:20)
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Neh. 7:60,73• 60All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
 73So 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. (Neh. 7:60,73)
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Neh. 11:3,21• 3Now 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.
 21But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. (Neh. 11:3,21)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Subordinate temple servants; from the Heb. nathan, "give." see Ezra 8.20.