1 Chronicles 9:16 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.”

1 Chronicles 9:16

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And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

And the porters {were}, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum {was} the chief;

Who hitherto {waited} in the king's gate eastward: they {were} porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

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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 9:2

"Now the first inhabitants that {dwelt} in their possessions in their cities {were}, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims."

1 Chronicles 9:3

"And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;"

1 Chronicles 9:4

"Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah."

1 Chronicles 9:5

"And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons."

1 Chronicles 9:6

"And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety."

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