1 Chronicles 6:55
(6-40) to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the open land round about it;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 14:13And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Joshua 21:11And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak — the same is Hebron — in the hill-country of Judah, with the open land round about it.
Judges 1:20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken; and he drove out 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 →