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1 Chronicles 6:55

in 1 Chronicles 6

They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

KJV

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 6

Commentary

1 note on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; 18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

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The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַֽיִּתְּנ֥וּand people gave

    vaiyitenuH5414 →2011 times

  • לָהֶ֛םto them

    lahem

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • חֶבְר֖וֹןHebron

    chevronH2275 →72 times

  • בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of

    beeretzH776 →2504 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָpasture lands its

    migrasheihaH4054 →119 times

  • סְבִיבֹתֶֽיהָ׃around it

    sevivoteihaH5439 →336 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Judges 1:20

    Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.

    it leads to

    • Judges 1:10

      Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

    • Numbers 14:24

      But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.

    • Joshua 15:13–14

      According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

    • Deuteronomy 1:36

      except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”

  • Through

    Joshua 14:13

    Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

    it leads to

    • Judges 1:20

      Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.

    • Joshua 22:6

      So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.

    • 1 Chronicles 6:55–56

      They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

    • Joshua 10:36–37

      Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.