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The People Who Returned from Babylonia and Settled in Jerusalem

Everyone in Israel was listed in the official family records that were included in the history of Israel's kings.

The people of Judah were taken to Babylonia as prisoners because they sinned against the Lord. (A) And the first people to return to their towns included priests, Levites, temple workers, and other Israelites. People from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem.

4-6 There were 690 people from the Judah tribe who settled in Jerusalem. They were all descendants of Judah's three sons: Perez, Shelah, and Zerah. Their leaders were Uthai, Asaiah, and Jeuel. Uthai was the son of Ammihud and a descendant of Omri, Imri, Bani, and Perez. Asaiah was a descendant of Shelah; Jeuel was a descendant of Zerah.

7-9 There were also 956 family leaders from the Benjamin tribe who settled in Jerusalem. They included: Sallu son of Meshullam, grandson of Hodaviah, and great-grandson of Hassenuah; Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi and grandson of Michri; Meshullam son of Shephatiah, grandson of Reuel, and great-grandson of Ibnijah.

The Priests Who Settled in Jerusalem

10-12 Here is a list of priests who settled in Jerusalem: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin; Azariah, who was a temple official, and whose ancestors included Hilkiah, Meshullam, Zadok, Meraioth, and Ahitub; Adaiah son of Jeroham, whose ancestors included Pashhur and Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, whose ancestors included Jahzerah, Meshullam, Meshillemith, and Immer.

13 There was a total of 1,760 priests, all of them family leaders in their clan and trained in the work at the temple.

The Levites Who Settled in Jerusalem

14-16 Here is a list of Levites who settled in Jerusalem: Shemaiah from the Merari clan, whose ancestors included Hasshub, Azrikam, and Hashabiah; Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mica, whose ancestors included Zichri and Asaph; Obadiah son of Shemaiah, whose ancestors included Galal and Jeduthun; Berechiah son of Asa and grandson of Elkanah, who had lived in the villages near the town of Netophah.

The Temple Guards Who Settled in Jerusalem

17 Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives were the guards at the temple gates. Shallum was the leader of this clan, 18 and for a long time they had been the guards at the King's Gate on the east side of the city. Before that, their ancestors guarded the entrance to the Levite camp.

19 Shallum son of Kore,[a] as well as the other men in the Korahite clan, guarded the entrance to the temple, just as their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the sacred tent. 20 Phinehas son of Eleazar had supervised their work because the Lord was with him.

21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was also one of the guards at the temple.

22 There was a total of 212 guards, all of them listed in the family records in their towns. Their ancestors had been chosen by King David and by Samuel the prophet to be responsible for this work, 23 and now they guarded the temple gates.

24 There was one full-time guard appointed to each of the four sides of the temple. 25 Their assistants lived in the villages outside the city, and every seven days a group of them would come into the city and take their turn at guard duty. 26 The four full-time guards were Levites, and they supervised the other guards and were responsible for the rooms in the temple and the supplies kept there. 27 They guarded the temple day and night and opened its doors every morning.

The Duties of the Levites

28 Some of the Levites were responsible for the equipment used in worship at the temple, and they had to count everything before and after it was used. 29 Others were responsible for the temple furnishings and its sacred objects, as well as the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices. 30 But only the priests could mix the spices. 31 Mattithiah, Shallum's oldest son, was a member of the Levite clan of Korah, and he was in charge of baking the bread used for offerings.[b] 32 The Levites from the Kohath clan were in charge of baking the sacred loaves of bread for each Sabbath.[c]

33 The Levite family leaders who were the musicians also lived at the temple. They had no other responsibilities, because they were on duty day and night.

34 All of these men were family leaders in the Levi tribe and were listed that way in their family records. They lived in Jerusalem.

King Saul's Family

(1 Chronicles 8.29-38)

35 Jeiel had settled the town of Gibeon, where he and his wife Maacah lived. 36 They had ten sons, who were born in the following order: Abdon, Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth 38 the father of Shimeam. Some of them went to live in Jerusalem near their relatives.

39 Ner was the father of Kish and the grandfather of King Saul.

Saul had four sons: Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.[d] 40-41 Jonathan was the father of Meribbaal,[e] the grandfather of Micah, and the great-grandfather of Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.[f] 42-44 The descendants of Ahaz included Jarah, Alemeth, Azmaveth, Zimri, Moza, Binea, Rephaiah, Eleasah, and Azel and his six sons: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan.

Footnotes

  1. 9.19 Shallum son of Kore: Hebrew “Shallum son of Kore, grandson of Ebiasaph, and great-grandson of Korah.”
  2. 9.31 the bread used for offerings: See Leviticus 2.4-7.
  3. 9.32 the sacred loaves of bread for each Sabbath: See Leviticus 24.5-9.
  4. 9.39 Eshbaal: See the note at 8.33.
  5. 9.40,41 Meribbaal: See the note at 8.34.
  6. 9.40,41 and Ahaz: Most ancient translations and 8.35; the Hebrew text does not have this name.

Mga Bumalik Mula sa Pagkabihag sa Babilonia

Ang lahat ng mamamayan ng Israel ay naitala ayon sa kanya-kanyang lipi. Ito'y nakasulat sa Kasaysayan ng mga Hari ng Israel. Ang mga taga-Juda ay ipinatapon sa Babilonia bilang parusa sa kanilang kasamaan. Ang(A) mga unang bumalik sa kanilang mga lunsod at lupain ay ang mga pari, mga Levita, mga tagapaglingkod sa Templo at mga karaniwang mamamayan. May mga angkan sina Juda, Benjamin, Efraim at Manases na tumira sa Jerusalem.

Mga Nanirahan sa Jerusalem

Sa angkan naman ni Peres na anak ni Juda ay si Utai na anak ni Amihud at apo ni Omri. Ang iba pang angkan niya ay sina Imri at Bani. Sa angkan ni Sela, si Asaya ang pinakamatanda at ang mga anak niya. Sa angkan ni Zera, si Jeuel at ang kanyang mga angkan, lahat-lahat ay 690 pamilya.

Sa lipi naman ni Benjamin: si Sallu, na anak ni Mesulam, na anak ni Hodavias na anak naman ni Asenua. Si Ibnias na anak ni Jeroham; si Ela na anak ni Uzi na anak naman ni Micri, si Mesulam na anak ni Sefatias, na anak ni Reuel na anak ni Ibnia. Ang kabuuan ng kanilang mga angkan ay umaabot sa 956. Lahat sila'y pinuno ng kani-kanilang sambahayan.

Ang mga Pari sa Jerusalem

10 Sa pangkat naman ng mga pari ay kabilang sina Jedaias, Joiarib at Jaquin. 11 Si Azarias na anak ni Hilkias ang pinakapuno sa Templo. Ang mga ninuno niya'y sina Zadok, Meraiot at Ahitob. 12 Kasama rin si Adaya na anak ni Jeroham at apo ni Pashur na anak ni Malquias. Anak ni Malquias si Masai at apo ni Adiel. Ito'y anak ni Jazera na anak ni Mesulam na anak ni Mesilemit na anak ni Imer. 13 Ang mga ito'y pinuno ng kani-kanilang sambahayan, pawang may kakayahan sa paglilingkod sa Templo at ang bilang nila ay umaabot sa 1,760.

Ang mga Levita sa Jerusalem

14 Ito naman ang listahan ng mga Levita: sa angkan ni Merari ay si Semaya na anak ni Hasub at apo ni Azrikam na anak naman ni Hashabias. 15 Kabilang din sina Bacbacar, Heres at Galal. Si Matanias ay anak ni Mica na anak ni Zicri na mula sa angkan ni Asaf.

16 Sa angkan ni Jeduthun ay kabilang si Obadias na anak ni Semaya at apo ni Galal, at si Berequias na anak ni Asa at apo ni Elkana. Sa mga nayon ng Netofa sila naninirahan.

Ang mga Bantay sa Templo na Nanirahan sa Jerusalem

17 Ang mga bantay sa pinto ng Templo ay sina Sallum, Akub, Talmon at Ahiman. Ang pinuno nila ay si Sallum. 18 Sila ang bantay sa pintong-pasukan ng hari sa gawing silangan ng Templo at dating bantay sa kampo ng mga anak ni Levi. 19 Si Sallum ay anak ni Korah at apo ni Ebiasaf na anak ni Korah. Kasama nila ang iba pang mula sa angkan ni Korah. Sila ang nakakaalam sa pagpasok sa Templo, gaya ng kanilang mga ninuno noong sila pa ang namahala sa kampo. 20 Si Finehas na anak ni Eleazar ang tagapamahala nila noon, at pinapatnubayan siya ni Yahweh. 21 Si Zacarias na anak ni Meselemias ang bantay-pinto sa Toldang Tipanan. 22 Ang lahat ng bantay-pinto ay umaabot sa 212. Sila'y kabilang sa listahan ng kani-kanilang nayon. Si David at ang propetang si Samuel ang naglagay sa kanila sa tungkuling ito sapagkat sila'y mapagkakatiwalaan. 23 Sila at ang kanilang mga anak ang naging bantay sa pinto ng Templo. 24 Sa apat na panig nito, sa silangan, sa kanluran, sa hilaga at sa timog ay may mga bantay. 25 Ang mga kamag-anak nila sa mga nayon sa paligid ay dumarating doon tuwing ikapitong araw upang makatulong nila. 26 Kailangan nilang gawin ito sapagkat ang apat na Levitang bantay doon ay namamahala rin sa mga silid at kayamanang nasa Templo. 27 Doon na sila natutulog sa Templo, sapagkat sa kanila ipinagkatiwala ang pangangalaga at pagbabantay niyon. Sila rin ang nagbubukas ng Templo tuwing umaga.

28 Ang iba sa kanila'y tagapangalaga ng mga kagamitan sa paglilingkod, sapagkat kailangang bilangin nila iyon tuwing gagamitin at ibabalik sa lalagyan. 29 Ang iba nama'y nangangalaga ng mga kasangkapan, ang iba naman ay sa mga kagamitan sa paglilingkod, tulad ng pinong harina, alak, langis, insenso at mga pabango. 30 At ang iba pa ang taga-timpla ng mga pabango. 31 Isa sa mga Levita na mula sa angkan ni Korah, si Matitias na panganay ni Sallum ang tagagawa ng manipis na tinapay. 32 May ilan pang mula sa angkan ni Kohat ang tagaayos naman sa mga tinapay na handog tuwing Araw ng Pamamahinga.

33 Ito ang mga pinuno ng mga sambahayang Levita na umaawit at doon na rin tumitira sa mga silid sa Templo. Wala silang ibang gawain, sapagkat kailangang gampanan nila ang kanilang tungkulin araw-gabi. 34 Sila'y mga pinuno ng mga sambahayang Levita ayon sa angkan at sila'y sa Jerusalem naninirahan.

Ang mga Ninuno at Angkan ni Haring Saul(B)

35 Doon din tumitira si Jelhiel, ang nagtatag ng bayan ng Gibeon. Ang asawa niya'y si Maaca. 36 Ang mga anak nila'y sina Abdon, Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 37 Gedor, Ahio, Zacarias at Miclot. 38 Si Miclot ang ama ni Simeam at ng iba pang kamag-anak nilang nakatira sa tapat ng Jerusalem. 39 Si Ner ang ama ni Kish na ama naman ni Saul. Si Saul ang ama nina Jonatan, Melquisua, Abinadab at Esbaal. 40 Ang anak ni Jonatan ay si Merib-baal na ama naman ni Mica. 41 Ang mga anak ni Mica ay sina Piton, Melec, Tarea at Ahaz. 42 Si Ahaz ang ama ni Jara, at si Jara naman ang ama nina Alemet, Azmavet at Zimri. Si Zimri ang ama ni Moza, 43 at si Moza naman ang ama ni Binea na ama nina Refaya, Elasa at Azel. 44 Ang mga anak ni Azel ay sina Azrikam, Bocru, Ismael, Seraya, Obadias at Hanan.