1 Chronicles 6:70

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
half	וּמִֽמַּחֲצִית֙ u.mi.ma.cha.Tzit	H4276	a halving or the middle · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
tribe	מַטֵּ֣ה ma.Teh	H4294	a branch (as extending) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Manasseh	מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה me.na.Sheh	H4519	Menashsheh · proper noun, a man's name
Aner	עָנֵר֙ 'a.Ner	H6063	Aner · proper noun, a place name
suburbs	מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ mig.ra.Shei.ha	H4054	a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven f… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
Bileam	בִּלְעָ֖ם bil.'Am	H1109	Bilam · proper noun, a place name
suburbs	מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָ mig.ra.Shei.ha	H4054	a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven f… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
family	לְמִשְׁפַּ֥חַת le.mish.Pa.chat	H4940	a family · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
remnant	הַנּוֹתָרִֽים ha.no.ta.Rim	H3498	to jut over or exceed · definite article + verb, niphal active participle, masculine plural absolute
sons	לִבְנֵי liv.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Kohath	קְהָ֖ת ke.Hat	H6955	Kehath · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

Joshua 17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and…
Joshua 21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:54–end

We have here an account of the Levites' cities. They are here called their castles (Ch1 6:54), not only because walled and fortified, and well guarded by the country (for it is the interest of every nation to protect its ministers), but because they and their possessions were, in a particular manner, the care of the divine providence: as God was their portion, so God was their protection; and a cottage will be a castle to those that abide under the shadow of the Almighty. This account is much the same with that which we had, Jos. 21. We need not be critical in comparing them (what good will it do us?) nor will it do any hurt to the credit of the holy scripture if the names of some of the pla…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 6:67

they gave unto them of the cities of refuge--The names of the cities given here are considerably different from those applied to them (Jos 21:13-19). In the lapse of centuries, and from the revolutions of society, changes might have been expected to take place in the form or dialectic pronunciation of the names of those cities; and this will sufficiently account for the variations that are found in the lists as enumerated here and in an earlier book. As to these cities themselves that were assigned to the Levites, they were widely remote and separated--partly in fulfilment of Jacob's prophecy (Gen 49:7), and partly that the various districts of the country might obtain a competent supply of…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 6:69

Aijalon with her suburbs - There are the two cities wanting here, Eltekeh and Gibethon. See Jos 21:23.

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 6:54

Now these are their dwelling places,.... The dwelling places of the priests and Levites, assigned and given to them in the several tribes of Israel; and the account of them agrees with that in Joshua 21:1 with some few variations of names of places, which have been there observed: see the notes there; only in 1 Chronicles 6:57 two cities are omitted, Juttah and Gibeon, through want of care in transcribing, since they are said to be "thirteen", as they should be, whereas eleven only are mentioned. The Jews say (h), the cities of the suburbs (those here mentioned) ceased from the time the first temple was destroyed; and yet Ezra, who lived after the captivity, and the building the second templ…

Dictionary and topics

Anem — Two fountains, a Levitical city in the tribe of Issachar (1 Chr. 6:73). It is also called En-gannim (q.v.) in Josh. 19:21; the modern Jenin.
Aner — A boy. (1.) A Canaanitish chief who joined his forces with those of Abraham in pursuit of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:13, 24). (2.) A city of Manasseh given to the Levites of Kohath’s family (1 Chr. 6:70).
Bileam — (foreigners), a town in the western half of the tribe of Manasseh, named only in (1 Chronicles 6:70) same as Ibleam and Gath-rimmon. (Joshua 17:11) and Josh 21:24
Elkanah, Or Elkonah — (God-provided).
Gath-rimmon — Press of the pomegranate. (1.) A Levitical city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:45; 21:24; 1 Chr. 6:69). (2.) Another city of the same name in Manasseh, west of the Jordan (Josh. 21:25), called also…
Ibleam — People-waster, a city assigned to Manasseh (Josh. 17:11), from which the Israelites, however, could not expel the Canaanites (Judg. 1:27). It is also called Bileam (1 Chr. 6:70). It was probably the…
Tabor — A height. (1.) Now Jebel et-Tur, a cone-like prominent mountain, 11 miles west of the Sea of Galilee. It is about 1,843 feet high. The view from the summit of it is said to be singularly extensive…
Aner · 2. A Leviti — 2. A Leviti
Gath-Rimmon · .Al — .Al

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Chronicles 6:70

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:54–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 6:67

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 6:69

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 6:54

Dictionary and topics

1 Chronicles 6:70

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:54–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 6:67

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 6:69

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 6:54

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 6:44–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 6:54-81

Rashi on 1 Chronicles 6:62