1 Chronicles 6:59

(6-44) and Ashan with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:

In Context

58(6-43) and Hilen with the open land about it, Debir with the open land about it;

60(6-45) and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with the open land about it, and Alemeth with the open land about it, and Anathoth with the open land about it. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

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Cross References

Joshua 15:10And the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north — the same is Chesalon — and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah.

Joshua 21:16and Ain with the open land about it, and Juttah with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it; nine cities out of those two tribes.

1 Chronicles 4:32And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

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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