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1 Chronicles 6:57–60

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And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
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From verse 57

  1. Joshua 15:48Rank 1 from verse 57
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    48¶ And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

  2. Joshua 21:13–14Rank 2 from verse 57
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    13¶ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

    14And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

  3. 1 Chronicles 4:17Rank 3 from verse 57
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    17And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

  4. Joshua 10:29Rank 4 from verse 57
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    29Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

  5. Joshua 15:42Rank 5 from verse 57
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    42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

From verse 58

  1. Joshua 10:3Rank 1 from verse 58
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    3Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

  2. Joshua 10:38Rank 2 from verse 58
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    38¶ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:

  3. Joshua 12:13Rank 3 from verse 58
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    13The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

  4. Joshua 15:49Rank 4 from verse 58
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    49And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,

  5. Joshua 15:51Rank 5 from verse 58
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    51And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:

From verse 59

  1. Joshua 21:16Rank 1 from verse 59
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    16And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

  2. Joshua 15:42Rank 2 from verse 59
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    42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

  3. 1 Chronicles 4:32Rank 3 from verse 59
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    32And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

  4. 1 Samuel 6:12–19Rank 4 from verse 59
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    12And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.

    13And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

    14And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord.

    15And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord.

    16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

    17And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

    18And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.

    19¶ And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

  5. Jeremiah 43:13Rank 5 from verse 59
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    13He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

From verse 60

  1. Jeremiah 1:1Rank 1 from verse 60
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    1THE words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

  2. 1 Chronicles 8:6Rank 2 from verse 60
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    6And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:

  3. 1 Kings 2:26Rank 3 from verse 60
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    26¶ And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

  4. 1 Samuel 13:3Rank 4 from verse 60
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    3And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

  5. Isaiah 10:30Rank 5 from verse 60
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    30Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

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1 Chronicles 6:57

COMBINED MEANING

gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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refuge

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A shelter, haven, protection, or source of safety to which one flees or trusts.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604

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suburbs

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The outlying land or district surrounding a city, including ground allotted for cattle and other use.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1 Chronicles 6:58

COMBINED MEANING

suburbs

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The outlying land or district surrounding a city, including ground allotted for cattle and other use.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Chronicles 6:59

COMBINED MEANING

suburbs

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The outlying land or district surrounding a city, including ground allotted for cattle and other use.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1 Chronicles 6:60

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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tribe

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A body of people descended from a common ancestor, especially one of the divisions of Israel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

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suburbs

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The outlying land or district surrounding a city, including ground allotted for cattle and other use.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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throughout

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Through every part, place, member, or extent of; all over; during or from beginning to end of the whole stated area, group, or period.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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families

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Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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56But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

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58And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

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59And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:

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60And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

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61And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

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