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the first inhabitants: i.e. after the reoccupation on the return from Babylon, under Zerubbabe], Joshua, Nehemiah, and Ezra 454-400 B.C. See App-50.
the Israelites. Hebrew "Israel": i.e. the "Israel of God". Compare Neh_11:3. See note on "Israel" (Gen_32:28; Gen_43:6; Gen_45:26, Gen_45:28). Called "Israel", although only the return of Judah and Benjamin. See note on 1Ki_12:17.
Levites = the Levites.
the Nethinims. Taken from the people in proportion of one in fifty to assist the Levites (Num_31:47. Ezr_8:20).