New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Chronicles 6:60
60and from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasture lands, 1Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
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 pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands, 59Ashan with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; and from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. 61Then to the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, from the family of the tribe, from the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. 62To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, were given from the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the tribe of Manasseh, thirteen cities 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
- Gebaגֶּ֫בַעgeba‛ · GebaH1387
- with its pastureמִגְרָשׁmigrâsh migrâshâh · pastureH4054
- Allemethעָלֶ֫מֶת‛âlemeth · AlemethH5964
- and Anathothעֲנָתוֹת‛ănâthôth · AnathothH6068
- Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- their citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- throughout their familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
- were thirteenשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- were thirteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:60
- 1 Chronicles 8:6These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them into exile to Manahath,
- Joshua 18:24and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
- Joshua 21:17From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
- 1 Samuel 13:3Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”
- Joshua 21:18Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
- 1 Kings 2:26Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth to your own field, for you deserve to die; but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David, and because you were afflicted in everything with which my father was afflicted.”
- Isaiah 10:30Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah and wretched Anathoth!
- Jeremiah 1:1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
- Jeremiah 11:23and a remnant will not be left to them, for I will bring disaster on the men of Anathoth--the year of their punishment.”
- Jeremiah 37:12that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to take possession of some property there among the people.
- Joshua 10:2that he feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
- Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel and Ziph and Juttah,
- Joshua 21:16and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes.
- 1 Chronicles 14:16David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even as far as 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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