1 Chronicles 6:55

and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

In Context

54And these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments, within their borders. For the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot;

56but the fields of the city, and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

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Cross References

Joshua 14:13And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Joshua 21:11and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.

Judges 1:20And they gave to Caleb Hebron, as Moses had said; and he dispossessed from thence the three sons of Anak.

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 →

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