1 Chronicles 9:1

CHAPTER IX

All Israel reckoned by genealogies, 1.

The first inhabitants of Jerusalem, after their return from

their captivity, who were chiefs of the fathers, 2-9.

Of the priests, 10-13;

Levites, 14-16;

porters, their work, lodgings, c., 17-29

other officers, 30-32;

the singers, 33, 34.

A repetition of the genealogy of Saul and his sons, 35-44.

NOTES ON CHAP. IX

Verse 1 Chronicles 9:1. Were reckoned by genealogies] Jarchi considers these as the words of Ezra, the compiler of the book; as if he had said: I have given the genealogies of the Israelites as I have found them in a book which was carried into Babylon, when the people were carried thither for their transgressions; and this book which I found is that which I have transcribed in the preceding chapters.