1 Chronicles 6:56

Easy-to-Read Version

But the fields farther from town and the villages near the town of Hebron were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but the fields and settlements around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Hebrew Names Version
but the fields of the city, and the villages of it, they gave to Kalev the son of Yefunneh.

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

English Standard Version
but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

New Century Version
but the fields farther from the city and the villages near Hebron were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

New English Translation
(But the city's land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)

Amplified Bible
but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

New American Standard Bible
but they gave the fields of the city and its settlements to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

World English Bible
but the fields of the city, and the villages of it, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But the fielde of the citie, and the villages thereof they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh.

Legacy Standard Bible
but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Berean Standard Bible
But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Contemporary English Version
But the farmland and villages around Hebron were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Complete Jewish Bible
The descendants of Gershom were given, from the clans of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: Golan in Bashan with the surrounding open land and ‘Ashtarot with the surrounding open land;

Darby Translation
but the fields of the city, and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

George Lamsa Translation
But all the fields of the city, and those which were round about it, they gave to Caleb the son of Jophaniah.

Good News Translation
The fields and villages, however, that belonged to the city were assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Lexham English Bible
but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Literal Translation
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the felde of ye cite & the vyllages therof, gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune.

American Standard Version
but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Bible in Basic English
But the open country of the town, and the small places round it, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the fieldes of the citie and the villages pertayning thereto, they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephune.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with the open land about it, and Ashtaroth with the open land about it;

King James Version (1611)
But the fields of the citie, and the villages thereof, they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Chaleb the son of Jephonne.

English Revised Version
but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
sotheli thei yauen the feeldis and townes of the citees to Caleph, sone of Jephone.

Update Bible Version
but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

New King James Version
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

New Living Translation
but the fields and outlying areas belonging to the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

New Life Bible
But the fields of the city and its towns were given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

New Revised Standard
but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, the field-land of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the fields of the city, and the villages to Caleb son of Jephone.

Revised Standard Version
but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephun'neh.

Young's Literal Translation
and the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Contextual Overview

⁵⁴ These are the places where Aaron's descendants lived. They lived in their camps in the land that was given to them. The Kohath families got the first share of the land that was given to the Levites. ⁵⁵ They were given the town of Hebron and the fields around it. This was in the area of Judah. ⁵⁶ But the fields farther from town and the villages near the town of Hebron were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷ The descendants of Aaron were given the city of Hebron. Hebron was a city of safety. They were also given the cities of Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, ⁵⁸ Hilen, Debir, ⁵⁹ Ashan, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh. They got all the cities and the fields around them. ⁶⁰ From the tribe of Benjamin they got the cities of Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth. They got all the cities and the fields around them. Thirteen cities were given to the Kohath families. ⁶¹ The rest of Kohath's descendants got ten towns from half the tribe of Manasseh. ⁶² The tribes that were the descendants of Gershon got 13 cities. They got the cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the part of Manasseh living in the area of Bashan. ⁶³ The tribes that were the descendants of Merari got 12 cities. They got the cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. They got them by throwing lots.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the fields: Joshua 14:13, Joshua 15:13

Caleb: 1 Chronicles 4:15

Reciprocal: Joshua 21:13 - they gave

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The writer evidently had before him Joshua 21:0, which he followed, as to its matter, closely. In some cases he perhaps modernised the ancient names (1 Chronicles 6:58, 1 Chronicles 6:60, 1 Chronicles 6:72, etc.); in a few he substituted for the old an entirely new name, the modern apellation, probably, of the ancient site 1 Chronicles 6:70, 1 Chronicles 6:77. At one time, it would seem, his intention was to give the cities of the priests only, and to content himself with stating the mere number of the rest. His account of the matter was then brought to a conclusion, and summed up, in 1 Chronicles 6:64. But, afterward, either he or a later writer thought it best to add to the list of the priestly cities the information contained in Judges as to those which were not priestly, but merely Levitical. The passage 1 Chronicles 6:65-81 was then added.

The entire account has suffered much from corruption. In the first list two names, those of Juttah and Gideon, have dropped out. It is necessary to restore them in order to complete the number of thirteen cities 1 Chronicles 6:60. In the second list 1 Chronicles 6:67-70 there is likewise an omission of two cities, Eltekeh and Gibbethon, which are wanted to make up the number ten 1 Chronicles 6:61. The third list is complete, though some of the names are very different from these of Joshua. In the fourth, two names are again wanting, those of Jokneam and Kartah.

1 Chronicles 6:61

Unto the sons of Kohath which were left - i. e. to such of them as were not priests.

Out of the half tribe ... ten cities - The half tribe furnished two cities only (1 Chronicles 6:70, and compare Joshua 21:25). It is evident therefore that something has fallen out. We may supply from Joshua the words “out of Ephraim and out of Dan, and” before “out of the half tribe.”

1 Chronicles 6:77

Unto the rest of the children of Merari - Rather, “Unto the rest the children of Merari” - that is to say, “unto the remainder of the Levites, who were descendants of Merari”: - the two other branches, the Kohathites and the Gershomites, having been treated of previously.