1 Chronicles 9:16

_AND IN JERUSALEM DWELT OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH, AND OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN, AND OF THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, AND MANASSEH;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 9:1 SO ALL ISRAEL WERE RECKONED BY GENEALOGIES. The Hebrew verb (חִתְיַחְשׂי) is sufficiently satisfied by the rendering _were enrolled_,_ _or _were registered. _THE BOOK OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH. The book referred to is often styled "The book of the kings of Israel" (2 Chronicles 20:34; 2 Chronicles 33:18); and it is more probable that that is the intended title here, and that the words should follow thus: AND JUDAH WERE CARRIED CAPTIVE TO BABYLON BECAUSE OF THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS. This the Masoretic accenting dictates, though the Septuagint, Vulgate, an

AND OBADIAH THE SON OF SHEMAIAH,.... Called Abda the son of Shammua, Ne 11:17 THE SON OF GALAL, THE SON OF JEDUTHUN; who was Ethan, another of the singers in the time of David: AND BERECHIAH THE SON OF ASA, THE SON OF ELKANAH, THAT DWELT IN THE VILLAGES OF THE NETOPHATHITES; the villages about Netophah, which was in the tribe of Judah, 1 Chronicles 2:54, Ne 7:26 which may be understood either of Elkanah, the ancestor of Berechiah, whose dwelling was there; or of Berechiah, and must be rendered, WHO HAD DWELT THERE; for now he dwelt at Jerusalem....

7. THE RECORD OF THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AFTER THE RETURN CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The restoration (1 Chronicles 9:1)_ 2. Different residents in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:3) 3. The priests (1 Chronicles 9:10) 4. The Levites (1 Chronicles 9:14) 5. Porters and Levites; their duties (1 Chronicles 9:17) 6. The house of Saul (1 Chronicles 9:35) All Israel was

PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, often in an incomplete form: Adam to Israel (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 2:2) with the exception of Cain's descendants (Genesis 4:16) the whole material is taken from Genesis 1-36; Judah (1 Chronicles 2:3); David (1 Chronicles 3:1); Judah again, and made up of fragments ...

ASA. Some codices, with two early printed editions (one margin), and Syriac, read "Asaph". DWELT IN THE VILLAGES. Till the priestly cities were rebuilt. NETOPHATHITES. Compare Nehemiah 12:28....

_Obadiah the son of Shemaiah_ In Neh. _Abda the son of Shammua_. Which was the reading of the original document cannot be determined. _Jeduthun_ See note on 1 Chronicles 16:41. _Berechiah … the son of Elkanah_ Not mentioned in Neh. He probably represented the Kohathite division of the singers; cp. 1 Chronicles 6:33-38 (18 23 _Heb._), where the name _Elkanah_occurs several times in the genealogy of the Kohathites. _the villages of the Netophathites_ Cp. Nehemiah 12:28-29 (R.V.), whence it appears that these villages were close to Jerusalem. The exact site is uncertain....

LESSON FOUR 9-10 I. GENEALOGIES-ADAM TO DAVID 16. THE DWELLERS IN JERUSALEM (1 Chronicles 9:1-34) INTRODUCTION A brief review of certain Levites and priests who had returned from Babylonian captivity is the subject of Chapter 9. Saul's house and his ruin at the hands of the Philistines is recounted. TEXT 1 Chronicles 9:1. So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression. 2. Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. 3. And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of

GENEALOGIES (CONCLUDED) This chapter furnishes a record of the families and numbers of those who dwelt at Jerusalem after the captivity, and relates the ancestry and posterity of Saul....

THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 9 PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM – 1 CHRONICLES 9:1-34 THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN JERUSALEM – 1 CHRONICLES 9:1-9 V1 Lists of all the *Israelites were in their family records. And those records were in the book of *Israel’s kings....