1 Chronicles 6:56
But the open country of the town, and the small places round it, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
In Context
55To them they gave Hebron and its outskirts in the land of Judah;
Cross References
Joshua 15:13And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among the children of Judah, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua, that is, Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the father of Anak which is Hebron.
1 Chronicles 6:47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:55-81
The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1444.) 54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs,… Read the whole commentary →