King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 6:55 Mean?
“And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.”
Context
53
Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
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, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(55, 56) Closely answering to Joshua 21:11-12.
(55) **Hebron.**—Josh., “the city of Arba, the father of the Anak, that is, Hebron.”
**In the land of Judah.**—Josh., “hill-country” (*har* for *ha’areç*)*.*
**Suburbs.**—The Hebrew *migrashîm,* pastures or commons, as opposed to arable land (Authorised version, “fields;” Heb., *sadeh*)*.* Numbers 35:3-5 defines the extent of the Levitical domain round the cities where they dwelt.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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