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1 Chronicles 6:67

in 1 Chronicles 6

They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,

KJV

And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

This verse in 1 Chronicles 6

Commentary

2 notes 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 Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

they gave unto them of the cities of refuge--The names of the cities given here are considerably different from those applied to them (Jos 21:13-19).

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The words behind it

15 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.

  • וַיִּתְּנ֨וּand they gave

    vaiyitenuH5414 →2011 times

  • לָהֶ֜םto them

    lahem

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עָרֵ֧י[the] cities of

    ʾareiH5892 →1090 times

  • הַמִּקְלָ֛ט<the> refuge

    hamiklatH4733 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שְׁכֶ֥םShechem

    shekhemH7927 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָpasture lands its

    migrasheihaH4054 →119 times

  • בְּהַ֣רin [the] hill country of

    beharH2022 →546 times

  • אֶפְרָ֑יִםEphraim

    ʾefrayimH669 →180 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • גֶּ֖זֶרGezer

    gezerH1507 →15 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃pasture lands its

    migrasheihaH4054 →119 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

    Joshua 12:12

    the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

    it leads to

    • Joshua 10:33

      At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Joshua 20:7

    So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 21:11

      They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

    • 1 Chronicles 6:76

      And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.

    • Luke 1:39

      In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,

    • Joshua 21:32

      And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.

  • Through

    Joshua 21:21

    From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,

    it leads to

    • Joshua 20:7

      So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

    • 1 Kings 9:15–17

      This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor,…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    1 Kings 9:16

    Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 3:1

      Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the…

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.