1 Chronicles 7:28

And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
possessions	וַאֲחֻזָּתָם֙ va.'a.chu.za.Tam	H272	something seized · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
habitations	וּמֹ֣שְׁבוֹתָ֔ם u.Mo.she.vo.Tam	H4186	a seat · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
Beth-el	בֵּֽית beit-	H1008	Beth-El · proper noun, a place name
towns	וּבְנֹתֶ֑יהָ u.ve.no.Tei.ha	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
eastward	וְלַמִּזְרָ֣ח ve.la.miz.Rach	H4217	sunrise · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Naaran	נַעֲרָ֔ן na.'a.Ran	H5295	Naaran · proper noun, a place name
westward	וְלַֽמַּעֲרָ֗ב ve.la.ma.'a.Rav	H4628	the west (as a region of the evening sun) · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Gezer	גֶּ֤זֶר Ge.zer	H1507	Gezer · proper noun, a place name
towns	וּבְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ u.ve.no.Tei.ha	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
Shechem	וּשְׁכֶ֣ם u.she.Khem	H7927	Shekem · conjunction + proper noun, a place name
towns	וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ u.ve.no.Tei.ha	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
Gaza	עַיָּ֖ה 'ai.Yah	H5804	Azzah · proper noun, a place name
towns	וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ u.ve.no.Tei.ha	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Genesis 28:19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Joshua 16:2-3 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
Judges 1:22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.
1 Chronicles 6:66-67 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 7:20–end

We have here an account, I. Of the tribe of Ephraim. Great things we read of that tribe when it came to maturity. Here we have an account of the disasters of its infancy, while it was in Egypt as it should seem; for Ephraim himself was alive when those things were done, which yet is hard to imagine if it were, as is here computed, seven generations off. Therefore I am apt to think that either it was another Ephraim or that those who were slain were the immediate sons of that Ephraim that was the son of Joseph. In this passage, which is related here only, we have, 1. The great breach that was made upon the family of Ephraim. The men of Gath, Philistines, giants, slew many of the sons of that…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 7:21

whom the men of Gath . . . slew, &c.--This interesting little episode gives us a glimpse of the state of Hebrew society in Egypt; for the occurrence narrated seems to have taken place before the Israelites left that country. The patriarch Ephraim was then alive, though he must have arrived at a very advanced age; and the Hebrew people, at all events those of them who were his descendants, still retained their pastoral character. It was in perfect consistency with the ideas and habits of Oriental shepherds that they should have made a raid on the neighboring tribe of the Philistines for the purpose of plundering their flocks. For nothing is more common among them than hostile incursions on th…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 7:24

His daughter was Sherah - That is, remnant; "called so," says the Targum, "because she was the remnant that escaped from the slaughter mentioned above."

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 7:28

And their possessions and habitations,.... That is, of the sons of Ephraim, when come into the land of Canaan: were Bethel, and the towns thereof; the villages belonging to it, which was formerly called Luz, and was the border of Ephraim, Joshua 16:7. and eastward Naaran: the same with Naarath, Joshua 16:7. and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; of which see Joshua 16:3, and Shechem also, and the towns thereof; which was a city of refuge in Mount Ephraim, Joshua 20:7 unto Gaza, and the towns thereof; not Gaza, a city of the Philistines, for the tribe of Ephraim did not reach so far; the Targum calls it Aiah; it may be read Adaza, as in the margin of our Bibles.

Dictionary and topics

Gezer — A precipice, an ancient royal Canaanitish city (Josh. 10:33; 12:12). It was allotted with its suburbs to the Kohathite Levites (21:21; 1 Chr. 6:67). It stood between the lower Beth-horon and the sea…
Naaran — Boyish, juvenile, a town in Ephraim between Bethel and Jericho (1 Chr. 7:28).
Naarath — Girl, a town on the boundary between Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:7), not far probably from Jericho, to the north (1 Chr. 7:28).
Shechem — Shoulder. (1.) The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen. 33:19; 34). (2.) A descendant of Manasseh (Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2). (3.) A city in Samaria (Gen. 33:18), called also Sichem (12:6), Sychem (Acts…
Ephraim · .Territory allotted to, after the conquest of — .Territory allotted to, after the conquest of
Gaza · 2. A city of the tribe of Ephraim — 2. A city of the tribe of Ephraim
Gezer · Allotted to the half-tribe of Ephraim — Allotted to the half-tribe of Ephraim
Naaran · A city in the eastern limits of Ephraim — A city in the eastern limits of Ephraim

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 7:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 7:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 7:21

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 7:24

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 7:28

Dictionary and topics

1 Chronicles 7:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 7:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 7:21

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 7:24

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 7:28

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 7:28

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 7:22

Rashi on 1 Chronicles 7:25