1 Chronicles · Chapter 6

1 Chronicles 6:55

¹The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.²And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.³And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.⁴Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,⁵And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,⁶And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,⁷Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,⁸And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,⁹And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,¹⁰And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)¹¹And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,¹²And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,¹³And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,¹⁴And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,¹⁵And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.¹⁶The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.¹⁷And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.¹⁸And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.¹⁹The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.²⁰Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,²¹Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.²²The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,²³Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.²⁵And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.²⁶As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.²⁸And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.²⁹The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.³¹And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.³²And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.³³And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,³⁴The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,³⁵The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,³⁶The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,³⁷The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,³⁸The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.³⁹And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,⁴⁰The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,⁴¹The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,⁴²The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,⁴³The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.⁴⁴And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,⁴⁵The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,⁴⁶The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,⁴⁷The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.⁴⁸Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.⁵⁰And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,⁵¹Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,⁵³Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.⁵⁴Now 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.⁵⁵And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.⁵⁶But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.⁵⁷And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,⁵⁸And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,⁵⁹And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: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.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.⁶³Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.⁶⁴And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.⁶⁵And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.⁶⁶And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.⁶⁷And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,⁶⁸And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,⁶⁹And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:⁷⁰And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.⁷¹Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:⁷²And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,⁷³And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:⁷⁴And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,⁷⁵And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:⁷⁶And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.⁷⁷Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:⁷⁸And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,⁷⁹Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:⁸⁰And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,⁸¹And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

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55	And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.	They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.	to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
and people gave	וַֽיִּתְּנ֥וּ	vai-yi-te-NU	H5414G	to give: give נָתַן (na.tan) : give/deliver/send/produce 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted …
Hebron	חֶבְר֖וֹן	chev-RON	H2275A	Hebron חֶבְרוֹן (chev.ron) Hebron = "association" a city in south Judah approx 20 south of Jerusalem and approx 20 miles (30 km) north of Beersheba and near where Abraham built an altar
in [the] land of	בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	be-'E-retz	H0776G	land: country/planet אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) : country/field 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth …
Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה	ye-hu-DAH	H3063G	Judah יְהוּד (ye.hud) A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.35; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); married to Bath-shua (H1323I) and Tamar (H8559); father of: Er (H6147), Onan (H0209), Shelah (H7956), Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I) Aramaic of ye.hu.dah (יְהוּדָה "Judah" H3063) Judah-the territory of the tribe of Judah
pasture lands its	מִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָ	mig-ra-SHEI-ha	H4054	pasture מִגְרָשׁ (mig.rash) common, common land, open land, suburb
around it	סְבִיבֹתֶֽיהָ׃	se-vi-vo-TEI-ha	H5439G	around סָבִיב (sa.viv) : around/border subst 1) places round about, circuit, round about adv 2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about prep 3) in the circuit, from every side

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