1 Chronicles 6:67 KJV — MannaFest

1 Chronicles 6:67

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

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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,

WEB

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

YLT

and they give to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,

DBT

they gave the city of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,

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1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra, per rabbinic tradition)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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Joshua 21:21
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
Joshua 12:12
The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
Joshua 16:3
And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth–horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
Joshua 20:7
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
1 Kings 9:16
For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

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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).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Commentary on Chapter VI 10. The priest's office - So did all the rest, but it is implied that he did it worthily, he filled his place, and valiantly discharged his office in Uzziah's time. Solomon built - In Solomon's temple; so called to distinguish it from the second temple which was built or in building when these books were written.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1CH 6:67JOS 12:12 JOS 10:33
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1CH 6:67JOS 20:7 JOS 21:11
1CH 6:67JOS 21:21 JOS 20:7
1CH 6:67JOS 20:7 1CH 6:76
1CH 6:67JOS 20:7 LUK 1:39
1CH 6:67JOS 20:7 JOS 21:32
1CH 6:67JOS 21:21 1KI 9:15-17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1CH 6:671KI 9:16 1KI 3:1

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