1 Chronicles 6:54-81
areas where .... lived <04186> [A.M. 2561. B.C. 1443. these are.]
<02918> [castles.]
clan <04940> [of the families.]
Hebron <02275> [Hebron.]
refuge <04733> [the city of refuge.]
Libnah <03841> [Libnah.]
Jattir <03492> [Jattir.]
Hilez <02432> [Hilen.]
[This variation simply arises from the introduction of a [Y“wd]]
{yood}, and a change of the vowel points; Holon being written [Ch“l“wn <\\See definition 02473\\>,] and Hilen [ChŒyn <\\See definition 02432\\>.]
[Holon. Debir.]
Ashan <06228> [Ashan.]
It is probable that either Ain, in Joshua, is a mistake for Ashan, or that it was called by both names.
[Ain. Beth-shemesh.]
Geba <01387> [Geba.]
Alemeth <05964> [Alemeth.]
<\\See definition 05964\\>.
[Almon. Anathoth.]
thirteen cities <05892 07969> [thirteen cities.]
Here there are only eleven enumerated; but two more are added in the book of Joshua, Juttah and Gibeon, which make thirteen. None of the versions give the full number of names, though they all give the whole sum of thirteen; and it is probable that these two cities had been destroyed and lay in ruins when this book was written, and hence were not enumerated.
descendants <01121> [And unto.]
rest <03498> [left.]
Gershom's <01647> [Gershom.]
Merari's <04847> [Merari.]
Israelites <01121> [the children.]
pasturelands <04054> [with their.]
cities <05892> [these cities.]
Shechem <07927> [Shechem.]
Gezer <01507> [Gezer.]
Jokmeam <03361> [Jokmeam.]
[Kibzaim. Beth-horon.]
Aijalon <0357> [Aijalon.]
[Ajalon.]
Gath Rimmon <01667> [Gath-rimmon.]
Aner <06063> [Aner.]
Aner is probably another name of Tanach, which was a city of the half tribe of Manasseh, west of Jordan; and Eusebius, Jerome, and Procopius of Gaza, say that it was in their time a considerable place, three miles from Legio.
[Tanach, Gath-rimmon. Bileam.]
<\\See definition 01109\\>. Ibleam is here called Bileam, by a transposition of letters common to all languages. It is evident, however, that many of these cities or their names have been changed since the time of Joshua; but, as it has been well observed, Salop and Shrewsbury, Sarum and Salisbury, are as different names as any in these catalogues; yet those who live in their vicinity are not at all confused by them. Some cities also are here mentioned as belonging to Ephraim, which in Joshua are spoken of as cities of Dan; but various changes in such matters would occur in a course of ages.
[Ibleam.]
Golan <01474> [Golan.]
Ashtaroth <06252> [Ashtaroth.]
[Beesh-terah.]
Kedesh <06943> [Kedesh.]
Daberath <01705> [Daberath.]
[Kishon, Daberah, Jarmuth, En-gannim.]
Mashal <04913> [Mashal.]
[Mishal.]
Hukok <02712> [Hukok.]
[Helkath.]
Kedesh <06943> [Kedesh.]
[Kadesh-naphtali. Hammon.]
[Hammoth-dor, Kartan.]
Rimmono <07417> [Rimmon.]
[Jokneam, Kartah, Dimnah, Nahalal.]
Tabor <08396> [Tabor.]
Probably the city on the summit of Tabor, mentioned by Polybius and Josephus, the remains of which still exist.
Bezer <01221> [Bezer.]
Jahzah <03096> [Jahzah.]
[Jahazah.]
Ramoth <07216> [Ramoth.]
Mahanaim <04266> [Mahanaim.]
Heshbon <02809> [Heshbon.]
Jazer <03270> [Jazer.]
Numbers 35:2-9
500 yards <0520 0505> [thousand cubits.]
The Septuagint reads [dischilious pecheis] "two thousand cubits," as in the following verse; but this reading is not acknowledged by any other ancient version, except the Coptic, nor by any of the MSS. collated by Kennicott and De Rossi. Various modes have been proposed for reconciling the accounts in these two verses, which appear in general to require full as much explanation as the text itself. The explanation of Maimonides is the only one that is intelligible, and appears perfectly satisfactory. "The suburbs," says he, "of the cities are expressed in the law to be 3,000 cubits on every side, from the wall of the city and outwards. The first 1,000 cubits are the suburbs; and the 2,000, which they measured without the suburbs, were for fields and vineyards." The whole therefore, of the city, suburbs, fields, and vineyards, may be represented by the following diagram:-- ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Fields and vineyards. ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ Suburbs. ³ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ City. ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ ³ ³ 1,000 Cubits ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ 2,000 Cubits ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
towns ............ six towns ... refuge ................... towns <05892 04733 08337> [six cities for refuge.]
give ................... someone ....... give <05414> [to them ye shall add. Heb. above them ye shall give.]
possession <0272> [possession.]
larger <07227 04592> [from them.]
allocated <05157> [he inheriteth. Heb. they inherit.]
