Now the first inhabitants that [dwelt] in their possessions in their cities [were], the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the (b) Nethinims.
(b) Meaning, the Gibeonites, who served in the temple, read (Joshua 9:23).
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1 Chronicles 9:2
2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.