1 Chronicles 9:2 meaning and explanation
Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
1 Chronicles 9:2, Berean Standard Bible
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After the exile to Babylon described in verse 1, this verse marks the return. The Chronicler, writing for a post-exilic community, lists who came back first to reclaim ancestral property in their towns: ordinary Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants, the Hebrew netinim, a class of hereditary temple workers.
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