1 Chronicles 6:60

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 Living Translation (NLT)And from the territory of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, each with its pasturelands. So thirteen towns were given to the descendants of Aaron.

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:60

58Hilen with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands, 59Ashan with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands. 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. 61To the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh. 62And to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

1 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 are the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and who forced them to move to Manahath:
• Joshua 18:24Chephar Haammoni, Ophni, and Gaba: twelve cities with their villages;
• Joshua 21:17and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common-land, Geba with its common-land,
• 1 Samuel 13:3And Jonathan attacked the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
• Joshua 21:18Anathoth with its common-land, and Almon with its common-land: four cities.
• 1 Chronicles 7:8The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these are the sons of Becher.
• 1 Kings 2:26And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are deserving of death; 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 every time my father was afflicted.”
• Isaiah 10:30Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Cause it to be heard as far as Laish— O poor 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 there shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring catastrophe on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their punishment.’ ”
• Jeremiah 37:12that Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin to claim his property there among the people.
• Joshua 10:2that they 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, Ziph, Juttah,
• Joshua 21:16Ain with its common-land, Juttah with its common-land, and Beth Shemesh with its common-land: nine cities from those two tribes;
• 1 Chronicles 14:16So David did as God commanded him, and they drove back the army of the Philistines from Gibeon 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

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 6:60

• Alemeth
• Almon
• Anathoth
• Geba
• Levites
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Benjamin
• Alemeth
• Almon
• Abiasaph
• Alameth
• Allemeth
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Geba
• 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