King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 6:68 Mean?
“And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,”
Context
66
And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67
And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
68
And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
69
And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
70
And 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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(68) **Jokmeam.**—Joshua has Kibzaim, a name omitted by the LXX. Vatic. Jokmeam is probably right. The other might easily be a misreading of it, owing to confusion of similar letters. The site is unknown. The four cities of 1Chronicles 6:67-68 lay in Ephraim. Beth-horon, Gibeon, and Aijalon, the scenes of the great and providentially determined overthrow of the five kings of the Amorites, were appropriately assigned to the sacred tribe of Levi.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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