God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 6:60
60From the tribe of Benjamin, Aaron’s descendants received Geba with its pastureland, Alemeth with its pastureland, and Anathoth with its pastureland. There was a total of 13 cities for 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 with its pastureland, Debir with its pastureland, 59Ashan with its pastureland, and Beth Shemesh with its pastureland. From the tribe of Benjamin, Aaron’s descendants received Geba with its pastureland, Alemeth with its pastureland, and Anathoth with its pastureland. There was a total of 13 cities for their families. 61The rest of Kohath’s descendants received 10 cities chosen by lot from the families of half of the tribe of Manasseh. 62The families of Gershom’s descendants were given 13 cities chosen by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and ⌞the part of⌟ the tribe of Manasseh that lived 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- And out of the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
- of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
- Gebaגֶּ֫בַעgeba‛ · GebaH1387
- with her suburbsמִגְרָשׁmigrâsh migrâshâh · pastureH4054
- and Alemethעָלֶ֫מֶת‛âlemeth · AlemethH5964
- and Anathothעֲנָתוֹת‛ănâthôth · AnathothH6068
- All their citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- throughout their familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
- thirteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
- thirteenשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:60
- 1 Chronicles 8:6These were Ehud’s sons, who were heads of the families living in Geba and who were taken away as captives to Manahath:
- Joshua 18:24Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba.
- Joshua 21:17The tribe of Benjamin also gave them four cities: Gibeon, Geba,
- 1 Samuel 13:3Jonathan defeated the Philistine troops at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. With the sounding of the ram’s horn throughout the land, Saul announced, “Listen, Hebrews!”
- Joshua 21:18Anathoth, and Almon.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8Becher’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. These were all of Becher’s sons.
- 1 Kings 2:26The king told the priest Abiathar, “Go to your land in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I won’t kill you at this time because you carried the ark of the Almighty Lord ahead of my father David and because you shared all my father’s sufferings.”
- Isaiah 10:30Cry aloud, you people in Gallim! Pay attention, you people in Laishah and miserable Anathoth!
- Jeremiah 1:1⌞These are⌟ the words of Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah. He was one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
- Jeremiah 11:23I will bring a disaster on the people of Anathoth. It will be a year of punishment. There will be no survivors.
- Jeremiah 37:12So Jeremiah wanted to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of Benjamin to take possession of his property there among the people.
- Joshua 10:2He and his people were terribly afraid because Gibeon was a large city. It was like one of the royal cities, larger than Ai. All its men were warriors.
- Joshua 15:55They also received another ten cities with their villages: Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
- Joshua 21:16Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh.
- 1 Chronicles 14:16David did as God ordered him, and his men defeated the Philistine army 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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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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