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1 Chronicles 6:60 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 6 · verse 60
And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.1 Chronicles 6:60 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 6:60 in context
58And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
59And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
60And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
61And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
62And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BenjaminBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- AnathothʻĂnâthôwthAnathoth, the name of two Israelites, also of a place in PalH6068 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- thirteenshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- thirteenʻâsârtenH6240 →
- suburbsmigrâsha suburbH4054 →
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We have here an account of the Levites' cities. They are here called their castles (Ch1 6:54), not only because walled and fortified, and well guarded by the country (for it is the interest of every nation to protect its ministers), but because they and their possessions were, in a particular manner, the care of the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 54-81