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1 Chronicles 9:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

People from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem.

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These were the family leaders in their ancestor's clan, and they and their descendants lived in Jerusalem.

There were six hundred and ninety 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.

But some of the people from Israel wanted to worship the LORD God, just as their ancestors had done. So they followed the priests and Levites to Jerusalem, where they could offer sacrifices to the LORD.

Only a few people from the tribes of Asher, West Manasseh, and Zebulun were humble and went to Jerusalem.

The nation's leaders and their families settled in Jerusalem. But there was room for only one out of every ten of the remaining families, and so they asked God to show them who would live there.




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