1 Chronicles 6:66

6:66 The clans of Kohath’s descendants also received territory within the tribe of Ephraim.¹

1 Chronicles 19:13

19:13 Be strong! Let’s fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!”²

1 Chronicles 6:67

6:67 They were allotted as cities³ of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands (in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:57

6:57 The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities⁴ of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 18:8

18:8 From Tibhath⁵ and Kun,⁶ Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called “The Sea,”⁷ the pillars, and other bronze items.

1 Chronicles 20:3

20:3 He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes.⁸ This was his policy⁹ with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

¹tn Heb “and from [it is probably preferable to read “to” here] the clans of the sons of Kohath and there were the cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.”

²tn Heb “and the Lord, what is good in his eyes, he will do.”

³tn The parallel account in Josh 21:21 has the singular “city,” referring only to Shechem.

⁴tn The parallel account in Josh 21:13 has the singular “city,” which apparently refers only to Hebron.

⁵tn The MT reads “Tibhath” here, a variant name for Tebah (cf. 2 Sam 8:8). Some English translations substitute the other version of the name here (e.g., NIV, NLT), while others follow the reading of the Hebrew text at this point (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).

⁶tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:8 has the variant name “Berothai.”

⁷tn Heb “the sea of bronze,” or “[the] sea, the bronze one.” See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.

⁶tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).

⁷tn Heb “and so he would do.”