God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 6:81
81Heshbon with its pastureland, and Jazer with its pastureland.
1 Chronicles 6:81 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
- New International Version (NIV)Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Heshbon with its common-lands, and Jazer with its common-lands.
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:81
79Kedemoth with its pastureland and Mephaath with its pastureland. 80From the tribe of Gad, they received Ramoth in Gilead with its pastureland, Mahanaim with its pastureland, Heshbon with its pastureland, and Jazer with its pastureland.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 61 Chronicles 6:81 word by word
וְאֶת־חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ וְאֶת־יַעְזֵ֖יר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:81
- Numbers 21:25Israel took all those Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its villages, and lived in them.
- Numbers 32:37The tribe of Reuben rebuilt the cities of Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
- Deuteronomy 2:24⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Now break camp. Cross the Arnon Valley. I’m going to hand King Sihon of Heshbon, the Amorite, over to you. Fight him, and take possession of his country.
- Joshua 13:26It extended from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim as far as the border of Lidbir.
- Nehemiah 9:22You gave kingdoms and nations to the Israelites and assigned them their boundaries. So they took possession of the land of Sihon, the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of King Og of Bashan.
- Numbers 32:1The tribes of Reuben and Gad had a large number of livestock. They saw that the regions of Jazer and Gilead were a good place for livestock.
- Joshua 13:25Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammon as far as Aroer, which is by Rabbah.
- Joshua 21:39Heshbon, and Jazer.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:81
- 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
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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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