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1 Chronicles 9:1
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler writes to a post-exilic community by compiling genealogies to establish tribal and priestly identity after the return from Babylon.
The words — הִתְיַחְשׂוּ (hit.yach.Su) means "they had themselves enrolled," and סֵפֶר (Se.fer) denotes the "scroll" or official record where these lineages were documented.
The thread — The intersection of recorded lineage and covenant failure runs through Nehemiah 7:5 and Nehemiah 7:64, where genealogical verification determines priestly eligibility, and 1 Chronicles 5:25, which attributes the exile to unfaithfulness.
Why it lands — The text states that national identity rests on documented lineage while covenant breach results in displacement, requiring readers to verify their standing against the recorded record of faithfulness or failure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 5:25 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- Ezra 2:59 The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
- Ezra 2:62 These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- Jeremiah 52:14 And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
- 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.
- Matthew 1:1 This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.