1 Chronicles 6:67

1 Chronicles 6:67 in other versions

• King James Version (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,
• New International Version (NIV)In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,
• English Standard Version (ESV)They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands,

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:67

65They used lots to choose these towns, including the towns in land that belonged to the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin. 66Descendants of Kohath received towns in land that belonged to Ephraim's tribe. They received these towns with the fields around them: Shechem (a safe city in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer, 68Jokmeam, Beth-Horon, 69Aijalon and Gath-Rimmon.

1 Chronicles 6:67 word by word

וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ לָהֶ֜ם אֶת־עָרֵ֧י הַמִּקְלָ֛ט אֶת־שְׁכֶ֥ם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָ בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וְאֶת־גֶּ֖זֶר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of refugeמִקְלָטmiqlâţ · refugeH4733
• Shechemשְׁכֶםshekem · ShechemH7927
• in mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• with her suburbsמִגְרָשׁmigrâsh migrâshâh · pastureH4054
• also Gezerגֶּ֫זֶרgezer · GezerH1507

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:67

• Genesis 33:18After Jacob left Paddan Aram, he travelled safely to Canaan. He put up his tents there, near the city of Shechem.
• Genesis 35:4So the people gave to Jacob all their idols and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried these things under the oak tree near Shechem city.
• Joshua 20:7So they chose these towns: 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).
• Joshua 21:21They gave them Shechem, a safe city, in the hill country of Ephraim, as well as Gezer,
• Joshua 12:12king of Eglon, king of Gezer,
• Joshua 16:3It continued to the west, to the land of the Japhletites as far as lower Beth Horon and Gezer. The border ended at the sea.
• 1 Kings 9:16Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked Gezer and he had taken it. He had destroyed it with fire. He killed the Canaanites who lived there. Then he gave it as a gift to his daughter, when she married Solomon.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:67

• 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. 67-8167-81. 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). In the lapse of centuries, and from the revolutions of society, changes might have been expected to take place in the form or dialectic pronunciation of the names of those cities; and this will sufficiently account for the variations that are found in the lists as enumerated here and in an earlier…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 6:67

• Levites

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Shechem
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Cities of Refuge
• Mount Ephraim
• Gezer
• Abiasaph
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Genealogy

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