King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 6:59 Mean?
“And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: Ashan: or, Ain”
Context
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,
58
And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, Hilen: or, Holon
59
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: Ashan: or, Ain
60
And 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. Alemeth: or, Almon
61
And 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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(59) **Ashan** (smoke); in Joshua, Ain (fountain). The place may have had both names, from a fountain rising like a column of smoke. “Juttah and her pastures” has fallen out here (Joshua 21:16). At the end of the verse Joshua adds, “Nine cities out of these two tribes,” viz., Judah and Simeon.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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