New Living Translation
1 Chronicles 6:77
77The remaining descendants of Merari received the towns of Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmon, and Tabor from the territory of Zebulun, each with its pasturelands.
1 Chronicles 6:77 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
- New International Version (NIV)The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they received Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;
- English Standard Version (ESV)To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands,
- New King James Version (NKJV)From the tribe of Zebulun the rest of the children of Merari were given Rimmon with its common-lands and Tabor with its common-lands.
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:77
75Hukok, and Rehob, each with its pasturelands. 76From the territory of Naphtali, they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, each with its pasturelands. The remaining descendants of Merari received the towns of Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmon, and Tabor from the territory of Zebulun, each with its pasturelands. 78From the territory of Reuben, east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho, they received Bezer (a desert town), Jahaz, 79Kedemoth, and Mephaath, each with its pasturelands.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 61 Chronicles 6:77 word by word
לִבְנֵ֣י מְרָרִי֮ הַנּוֹתָרִים֒ מִמַּטֵּ֣ה זְבוּלֻ֔ן אֶת־יָקְנְעָם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ אֶת־קַרְתָּה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ אֶת־רִמּוֹנ֖וֹ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָ אֶת־תָּב֖וֹר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Unto the restיָתַרyâthar · to remainH3498
- of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Merariמְרָרִיmerârîy · MerariH4847
- out of the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
- of Zebulunזְבוּלֻןzebûlûn zebûlûn zebûlûn · ZebulunH2074
- Rimmonרִמּוֹן, רִמּוֹנוֹrimmôn rimmôn rimmônô · RimmonH7417
- with her suburbsמִגְרָשׁmigrâsh migrâshâh · pastureH4054
- Taborתָּבוֹרtâbôr · TaborH8396
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:77
- Joshua 21:34The rest of the Levites—the Merari clan—were given the following towns with their pasturelands from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,
- Joshua 19:12In the other direction, the boundary went east from Sarid to the border of Kisloth-tabor, and from there to Daberath and up to Japhia.
- 2 Kings 5:18However, may the Lord pardon me in this one thing: When my master the king goes into the temple of the god Rimmon to worship there and leans on my arm, may the Lord pardon me when I bow, too.”
- Judges 4:6One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam, who lived in Kedesh in the land of Naphtali. She said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: Call out 10,000 warriors from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun at Mount Tabor.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:77
- 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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- 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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