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 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

58Holon, Debir, 59Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh. 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. 61The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten towns from the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh by means of sacred lots. 62The descendants of Gershon received by sacred lots thirteen towns from the territories of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and from the Bashan area of Manasseh, east of the Jordan.

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 8:6The sons of Ehud, leaders of the clans living at Geba, were exiled to Manahath.
• Joshua 18:24Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.
• Joshua 21:17From the tribe of Benjamin the priests were given the following towns with their pasturelands: Gibeon, Geba,
• 1 Samuel 13:3Soon after this, Jonathan attacked and defeated the garrison of Philistines at Geba. The news spread quickly among the Philistines. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Hebrews, hear this! Rise up in revolt!”
• Joshua 21:18Anathoth, and Almon—four towns.
• 1 Chronicles 7:8The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.
• 1 Kings 2:26Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your home in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not kill you now, because you carried the Ark of the Sovereign Lord for David my father and you shared all his hardships.”
• Isaiah 10:30Scream in terror, you people of Gallim! Shout out a warning to Laishah. Oh, poor Anathoth!
• Jeremiah 1:1These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
• Jeremiah 11:23Not one of these plotters from Anathoth will survive, for I will bring disaster upon them when their time of punishment comes.”
• Jeremiah 37:12Jeremiah started to leave the city on his way to the territory of Benjamin, to claim his share of the property among his relatives there.
• Joshua 10:2He and his people became very afraid when they heard all this because Gibeon was a large town—as large as the royal cities and larger than Ai. And the Gibeonite men were strong warriors.
• Joshua 15:55Besides these, there were Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
• Joshua 21:16Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine towns from these two tribes.
• 1 Chronicles 14:16So David did what God commanded, and they struck down the Philistine army all the way 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

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