Revised Literal Translation
1 Chronicles 6:60
60And 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.1
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
58And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, 59And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs: 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. 61And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 62And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
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 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 8:6And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
- Joshua 18:24And Chephar–haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
- Joshua 21:17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
- 1 Samuel 13:3And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
- Joshua 21:18Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
- 1 Kings 2:26And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord Yhwh before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
- Isaiah 10:30Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
- Jeremiah 1:1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
- Jeremiah 11:23And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
- Jeremiah 37:12Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
- Joshua 10:2That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
- Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
- Joshua 21:16And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
- 1 Chronicles 14:16David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
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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- 1. 1 Chronicles 6:60 Alemeth: or, Almon. ↩
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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