ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

1 Chronicles 9.1-2

Book: 1 Chronicles · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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ASV

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.

  1. And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh: 4. Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 9:1-4, ASV)
WEB

1. So all Israel were listed by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience. 2. Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.

  1. In Jerusalem lived of the children of Judah, of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh: 4. Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 9:1-4, WEB)
KJV

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

  1. And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; 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 9:1-4, KJV)
YLT

1. And all Israel have reckoned themselves by genealogy, and lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, they were removed to Babylon for their trespass. 2. And the first inhabitants, who [are] in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, [are] the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

  1. And in Jerusalem dwelt of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin, and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh: 4. Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, of the sons of Pharez, son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 9:1-4, YLT)

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Setting

  • Speaker: narrator (the Chronicler)
  • Audience: the restored community in the Persian province of Yehud, rebuilding around temple and priesthood with no king of their own
  • Location: the land of Judah after the return; the exile to Babylon in view
  • Time period: genealogical material reaching from Adam to the returnees, compiled after the return from Babylon, commonly placed c. 400 BC

Theological reading

The verse is the hinge of the genealogies, closing nine chapters of lists by naming the exile as the reason the record was needed and then naming the returnees who repopulated the land.

Two details carry weight. "All Israel were reckoned by genealogies" is the Chronicler's standing phrase, and he uses it deliberately: his lists include the northern tribes, not only Judah and Benjamin, which is why chapters 1-9 cover Simeon, Reuben, Gad, Manasseh, Levi, Issachar, Naphtali, Ephraim and Asher. The post-exilic community is presented as the continuation of the whole nation rather than the remnant of one tribe. Second, the returnee list names four groups, Israel, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim, the temple servants; the ordering is cultic, which fits a book whose subject is the worship of the restored community. Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7 carry parallel lists._

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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