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1 Chronicles 9:1

Babylon
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.

2 Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

3 These were some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem:

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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
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.
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.
DARBY
And all Israel were registered by genealogy; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away to Babylon because of their transgression.
BLB
And all Israel was reckoned, and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was removed to Babylon for their trespass.
ÅB
Alle Israels menn ble innført i slektslister og finnes oppskrevet i Israels kongers bok; og Juda ble bortført i fangenskap til Babel for sin troløshets skyld.
OTB
Så ble hele Israel registrert i slektslister, og de er dokumentert i Israels kongers bok. Og Juda ble ført i eksil til Babylon på grunn av deres troløshet.
B1930
Alle Israels menn blev innført i ættelister og finnes opskrevet i Israels kongers bok; og Juda blev bortført i fangenskap til Babel for sin troløshets skyld.

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 5:25–26

    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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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 I found the following written in it:

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  • 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:

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  • Ezra 2:62–63

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

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  • Jeremiah 52:14–15

    And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

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  • Daniel 1:2

    And 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.

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  • Matthew 1:1–16

    This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

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