Berean Standard Bible
1 Chronicles 6:60
60And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,1 Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.
1 Chronicles 6:60 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common-lands, Alemeth with its common-lands, and Anathoth with its common-lands. All their cities among their families were thirteen.
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:60
58Hilen, Debir, 59Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands. And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families. 61To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh. 62The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 61 Chronicles 6:60 word by word
וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה בִנְיָמִ֗ן אֶת־גִּבְעוֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ אֶת־גֶּ֤בַע וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֙יהָ֙ וְאֶת־עָלֶ֣מֶת וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ וְאֶת־עֲנָת֖וֹת וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָ כָּל־עָרֵיהֶ֛ם שְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה עִ֖יר בְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
- And from the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
- of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- Gebaגֶּ֫בַעgeba‛ · GebaH1387
- ·מִגְרָשׁmigrâsh migrâshâh · pastureH4054
- Alemethעָלֶ֫מֶת‛âlemeth · AlemethH5964
- and Anathothעֲנָתוֹת‛ănâthôth · AnathothH6068
- So they had thirteenשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- So they had thirteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
- So they had thirteenעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- in allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- among their familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:60
- 1 Chronicles 8:6These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:
- Joshua 18:24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 21:17And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
- 1 Samuel 13:3Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
- Joshua 21:18Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8The sons of Becher:
- 1 Kings 2:26Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
- Isaiah 10:30Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
- Jeremiah 1:1These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
- Jeremiah 11:23There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
- Jeremiah 37:12Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
- Joshua 10:2So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
- Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
- Joshua 21:16Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 14:16So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:60
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 60All their cities - were thirteen - But there are only eleven reckoned here, Gibeon and Juttah being omitted, and the names of some of the others changed. None of the versions give the full number of names, although they all give the whole sum thirteen.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 56-81Verses 56-81 The writer evidently had before him 1 Chronicles 6:58, 1 Chronicles 6:60, 1 Chronicles 6:72, etc.); in a few he substituted for the old an entirely new name, the modern apellation, probably, of the ancient site 1 Chronicles 6:70, 1 Chronicles 6:77. At one time, it would seem, his intention was to give the cities of the priests only, and to content himself with stating the mere number of the rest. His account of the matter was then brought to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 54-81The list of Levitical cities comes from Joshua 21. It follows a geographical order, with families grouped by specific areas. This list shows Israel's unity and completeness. It presents the Levites as settled in the land just like the other tribes.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6060. thirteen cities--No more than eleven are named here; but two additional ones are mentioned (Jos 21:16, 17), which makes up the thirteen.Read the comment
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- 1. 1 Chronicles 6:60 LXX, Syriac, and parallel text at Joshua 21:17; MT does not include Gibeon, ↩
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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