1 Chronicles 9:1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:1-13

1 Chron. 9:1 looks back upon the foregoing genealogies, and tells us they were gathered out of the books of the kings of Israel and Judah, not that which we have in the canon of scripture, but another civil record, which was authentic, as the king's books with us. Mentioning Israel and Judah, the historian takes notice of their being carried away to Babylon for their transgression. Let that judgment never be forgotten, but ever be remembered, for warning to posterity to take heed of those sins... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:1

So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies ,.... Not now by the writer of this book in the preceding chapters; for two of the tribes are not reckoned at all, and the rest but in part; but there had been kept an exact account of them: and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel ; not in the canonical book or books of Kings, but in the annals, journals, and diaries, which each king took care to be kept with some exactness, often referred to in the preceding books; out... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:1

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. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:1

EXPOSITION So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies . The Hebrew verb ( חִתְיַחְשׂי ) is sufficiently satisfied by the rendering were enrolled , or were registered. The book of the kings of Israel and Judah . The book referred to is often styled "The book of the kings of Israel" ( 2 Chronicles 20:34 ; 2 Chronicles 33:18 ); and it is more probable that that is the intended title here, and that the words should follow thus: And Judah were carried captive to Babylon... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:1

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 9:1

1 Chronicles 9:1. They were written in the book In the public records, wherein there was an account of that kingdom, and of the several families in it. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 9:1-34

First group to return to Jerusalem (9:1-34)At the time of writing, the first of the exiles had just returned to Jerusalem, having been given permission by the Persian king Cyrus (2 Chronicles 36:22-23). The writer lists the heads of the families who returned (9:1-9). He points out that priests, Levites and temple servants also returned, to emphasize that the re-establishment of the nation Israel had to be on the basis of the religious order appointed by David before the captivity (10-16).Just... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 9:1

in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Not the existing books of Samuel and Kings, but another book, being a collection of matters from them. Referred to in 2Ch 16:11 ; 2 Chronicles 25:26 ; 2 Chronicles 27:7 ; 2Ch 28:26 ; 2 Chronicles 32:32 ; 2 Chronicles 35:27 ; 2 Chronicles 36:8 . Israel. Punctuate and read "Israel: and Judah was carried away", &c. transgression = defection. Hebrew. ma'al . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:1

"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. Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinem. And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh: Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 9:1

1 Chronicles 9:1. So all Israel, &c.— But all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold they were written in the book of the kings of Israel. But Judah were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. Houbigant. The first clause in this verse is written to give a reason why the genealogies of Israel, that is, of the ten tribes, are omitted; because they were already written in the book of the kings of Israel. Houbigant renders the beginning of the next verse thus: now they who... read more

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