1 Chronicles 7:28
in 1 Chronicles 7Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah and the towns thereof;
KJV
And their possessions and habitations were, Beth–el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 7
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
their possessions and habitations were
on 1 Chronicles 7:28-29
The land list fixes Ephraim's towns from Bethel to Gezer and Shechem, then Manasseh's along Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, closing with the note that the children of Joseph the son of Israel held them all. Gill and Keil both read the two half-lists as answering to the fuller borders already drawn in Joshua 17, the settlement record standing behind the shorter roll call here.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲחֻזָּתָם֙ | vaachuzatam | and possession their | H272 → | |
| וּמֹ֣שְׁבוֹתָ֔ם | umoshevotam | and dwelling places their | H4186 → | 44 times |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | [were] Beth- | H1008 → | |
| אֵ֖ל | ʾel | -el | H1008 → | |
| וּבְנֹתֶ֑יהָ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וְלַמִּזְרָ֣ח | velamizrach | and to the east | H4217 → | 74 times |
| נַעֲרָ֔ן | naaran | Naaran | H5295 → | |
| וְלַֽמַּעֲרָ֗ב | velamaarav | and to the west | H4628 → | 14 times |
| גֶּ֤זֶר | gezer | Gezer | H1507 → | 15 times |
| וּבְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וּשְׁכֶ֣ם | ushekhem | and Shechem | H7927 → | |
| וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עַיָּ֖ה | ʾaiyah | Ayyah | H5804 → | |
| וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
וַאֲחֻזָּתָם֙and possession their
vaachuzatamH272 →
וּמֹ֣שְׁבוֹתָ֔םand dwelling places their
umoshevotamH4186 →44 times
בֵּֽית־[were] Beth-
beit-H1008 →
אֵ֖ל-el
ʾelH1008 →
וּבְנֹתֶ֑יהָand daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
וְלַמִּזְרָ֣חand to the east
velamizrachH4217 →74 times
נַעֲרָ֔ןNaaran
naaranH5295 →
וְלַֽמַּעֲרָ֗בand to the west
velamaaravH4628 →14 times
גֶּ֤זֶרGezer
gezerH1507 →15 times
וּבְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙and daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
וּשְׁכֶ֣םand Shechem
ushekhemH7927 →
וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָand daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
עַיָּ֖הAyyah
ʾaiyahH5804 →
וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃and daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
it leads to
- Genesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
- Hosea 12:4–5
Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
- Genesis 48:3
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- Judges 1:22–26
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
- 1 Kings 12:29
One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
- Genesis 35:1
Through
Judges 1:22The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
it leads to
- Judges 1:19
The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.
- Numbers 1:10
from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
- 2 Kings 18:7
And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
- Judges 1:19
About 1 Chronicles
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PlaceCentral hill countryBethelThe house of God, where Jacob saw the ladder and heard the promise, where he returned to raise an altar, and where Jeroboam’s gold…
- PlaceCentral hill countryShechemThe city between Ebal and Gerizim where Abram built his first altar in the land, where Joshua set the people to choose whom they w…
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.