Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The men named above were heads of Levite families, according to their ancestral lines. They were the leaders who lived in Jerusalem. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The heads of the Levites, princes in their families, abode in Jerusalem. chief fathers 1 Chronicles 9:13 And their brethren heads in their families a thousand seven hundred and threescore, very strong and able men for the work of the ministry in the house of God. Nehemiah 11:1-15 And the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: but the rest of the people cast lots, to take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. . . . 1 Chronicles 8:28 These were the chief fathers, and heads of their families who dwelt in Jerusalem. ;) but the Jerusalem of sacred history is no more. After having been successively destroyed by the Babylonians and Romans, and taken by the Saracens, Crusaders, and Turks, in the possession of the latter of whom it still continues, not a vestige remains of the capital of David and Solomon, not a monument of Jewish times is standing. The very course of the walls is changed, and the boundaries of the ancient city are become doubtful. The monks pretend to shew the sites of the sacred places; but they have not the slightest pretensions to even a probable identity with the real places. The Jerusalem that now is, however, called by the Arabs {El Kouds}, or `the holy city,' is still a respectable, good looking town, of an irregular shape: it is surrounded by high embattled walls, enclosing an area not exceeding two miles and a half, and occupying two small hills, having the valley of Jehoshaphat on the east, the valley of Siloam and Gehinnom on the south, and the valley of Rephaim on the west; and containing a population variously estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000 souls. Context The People of Jerusalem…33These are the chief of the singing men of the families of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers, by the temple, that they might serve continually day and night in their ministry. 34The heads of the Levites, princes in their families, abode in Jerusalem. Cross References 1 Chronicles 9:33 These are the chief of the singing men of the families of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers, by the temple, that they might serve continually day and night in their ministry. 1 Chronicles 9:35 And in Gabaon dwelt Jehiel the father of Gabaon, and the name of his wife was Maacha: Jump to Previous Chief Chiefs Dwelt Families Fathers Genealogy Generations Heads Households Houses Jerusalem Levites Listed ThroughoutJump to Next Chief Chiefs Dwelt Families Fathers Genealogy Generations Heads Households Houses Jerusalem Levites Listed ThroughoutLinks 1 Chronicles 9:34 NIV1 Chronicles 9:34 NLT 1 Chronicles 9:34 ESV 1 Chronicles 9:34 NASB 1 Chronicles 9:34 Bible Apps 1 Chronicles 9:34 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 9:34 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 9:34 French Bible 1 Chronicles 9:34 German Bible Alphabetical: according All and as chief chiefs families fathers genealogy generations heads households in Jerusalem Levite Levites listed lived men of the their these they to were who OT History: 1 Chronicles 9:34 These were heads of fathers' houses (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |