“Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Chronicles 9 contains 44 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.