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1 Chronicles 9:4 Explained in Context

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Verse 4. Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

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Role in This Section

This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “All Israel, exile, and return converge at Jerusalem.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:1–9

Read 1 Chronicles 9:4 with 9:1–9. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: The narrator names Babylonian exile for unfaithfulness and lists early inhabitants, temple servants, and people from Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh in Jerusalem.

Why It Needs Context

1 Chronicles 9:4 depends on 9:1–9; isolating “Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of…” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “All Israel, exile, and return converge at Jerusalem.”

Read 1 Chronicles 9:1–9 together

Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 9:1–9 forms the complete movement “All Israel, exile, and return converge at Jerusalem”: The narrator names Babylonian exile for unfaithfulness and lists early inhabitants, temple servants, and people from Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh in Jerusalem.

Verse 1. 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.

Verse 2. Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

Verse 3. And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;

Verse 4. Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

Verse 5. And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

Verse 6. And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

Verse 7. And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,

Verse 8. And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

Verse 9. And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.

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Read 1 Chronicles 9:1–9 — All Israel, exile, and return converge at Jerusalem
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 9:1–9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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