1 Chronicles 6:55

What does 1 Chronicles 6:55 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 6:55 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

To them they gave Hebron and its outskirts in the land of Judah;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its suburbs round about it;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

Context

v.54Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),

v.55This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 1:20

    And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.

  • Joshua 15:13

    And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).

  • Joshua 21:11

    And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

  • Joshua 14:13

    And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

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