1 Chronicles 6:58

Easy-to-Read Version

Hilen, Debir,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Hilen and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,

Hebrew Names Version
and Hilen with its suburbs, Devir with its suburbs,

King James Version
And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

English Standard Version
Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,

New Century Version
Hilen, Debir,

New English Translation
Hilez and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,

Amplified Bible
Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

New American Standard Bible
Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

World English Bible
and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Hilen with her suburbes, and Debir with her suburbes,

Legacy Standard Bible
Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

Berean Standard Bible
Hilen, Debir,

Complete Jewish Bible
Ramot with the surrounding open land and ‘Anem with the surrounding open land;

Darby Translation
and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs,

George Lamsa Translation
Debir with its suburbs, Ashan with its suburbs,

Lexham English Bible
Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,

Literal Translation
and Hilen and its open lands; Debir and its open lands;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Hilen, Debir,

American Standard Version
and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,

Bible in Basic English
And Hilen with its outskirts, Debir with its outskirts,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Hilen with her suburbes, and Dabir with her suburbes,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Ramoth with the open land about it, and Anem with the open land about it;

King James Version (1611)
And Hilen with her suburbes, Debir with her suburbes,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Jethar and her suburbs, and Dabir and her suburbs,

English Revised Version
and Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
with hise subarbis, and Jether, and Escamo, with her subarbis, but also Helon, and Dabir, with her subarbis; also thei yauen Asan,

Update Bible Version
and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,

New King James Version
Hilen Joshua 21:15">[fn] with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands,

New Living Translation
Holon, Debir,

New Life Bible
Hilen with its fields, Debir with its fields,

New Revised Standard
Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Hilen with her pasture lands, Debir, with her pasture lands;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jether and Esthemo, with their suburbs, and Helon, and Dabir with their suburbs:

Revised Standard Version
Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

Young's Literal Translation
and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

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

Hilen: i.e. fortress, [Strong's H2432], or, Holon. Joshua 15:51, Joshua 21:15, This variation simply arises from the introduction of a י yood, and a change of the vowel points; Holon being written חלן [Strong's H2473], and Hilen חילן [Strong's H2432]. Joshua 15:51, Joshua 21:15, Holon

Debir: Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:38, Joshua 12:13, Joshua 15:49

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.