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1 Chronicles 9:1

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So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 9

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

all Israel were reckoned by genealogies--From the beginning of the Hebrew nation, public records were kept, containing a registration of the name of every individual, as well as the tribe and family to which he belonged.

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This site's exposition

all Israel were reckoned by genealogies

1 Chr 9:1 closes nine chapters of genealogy with the book's method stated in one sentence, all Israel were reckoned by genealogies, then turns at once to the reason the roll must be rebuilt at all: Judah was carried away to Babylon for their transgression. The verse names a source outside the Chronicler's own work, the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, and sets exile as consequence before a single returned name appears. Genealogy and judgment stand in one verse, and the return that follows in verse 2 is the record's answer to both.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

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.
Rather, “So all Israel were reckoned ... the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgressions.”

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of its violations.
Radak: Provence, 1160–1235 · Radak on I Chronicles 9:2:1, via Sefaria, The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הִתְיַחְשׂ֔וּthey had themselves enrolled

    hityachsuH3187 →18 times

  • וְהִנָּ֣םand there they

    vehinamH2009 →843 times

  • כְּתוּבִ֔ים[are] written

    ketuvimH3789 →224 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • סֵ֖פֶר[the] scroll of

    seferH5612 →

  • מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of

    malkheiH4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וִיהוּדָ֛הand Judah

    vihudahH3063 →819 times

  • הָגְל֥וּthey were taken into exile

    hageluH1540 →186 times

  • לְבָבֶ֖לto Babylon

    levavelH894 →

  • בְּמַעֲלָֽם׃ סin unfaithfulness their

    bemaalamH4604 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Chronicles 5:25–26They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families. But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.8 worksNehemiah 7:64These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.7 worksNehemiah 7:5Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:4 worksEzra 2:59The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:3 worksJeremiah 52:14–15And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.3 worksEzra 2:62–63These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.3 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
Matthew 1:1–16This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:2 worksDaniel 1:2And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.2 worksEzra 8:1These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:2 worksNehemiah 11:11Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin; Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;2 worksJeremiah 39:9Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.1 works2 Chronicles 33:11So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.1 worksLuke 3:28–38the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,1 works2 Chronicles 36:18–20who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.1 works2 Chronicles 36:9–10Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ezra 2:59

    The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 7:61

      The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

  • Through

    Nehemiah 7:64

    These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 7:5

      Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and…

    • Nehemiah 13:29

      Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 7:5

    Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and…

    it leads to

    • 2 Corinthians 3:5

      Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

    • 1 Chronicles 9:1–9

      So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

    • Colossians 1:29

      To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

    • James 1:16

      Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

    • 2 Corinthians 8:16

      But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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