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1 Chronicles 4:32
And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator enumerates the territorial holdings of the Simeonite clans within the genealogical records of Judah's descendants. This list appears between two broader surveys that track Simeonite settlements from the pre-Davidic period through the expansion of their boundaries.
The words — The verse records five locations using the phrase עָרִים חָמֵשׁ (arim chamesh, "five cities") introduced by חַצְרֵי (chatzerei, "their villages"), followed by the proper names עֵיטָם (Etam), עַיִן (Ain), רִמּוֹן (Rimmon), תֹּכֶן (Tochen), and עָשָׁן (Ashan).
The thread — The names Ain, Rimmon, and Ashan recur in Joshua 19:7 as part of a separate territorial allotment for the tribe of Simeon.
Why it lands — The text operates as a geographic inventory that anchors tribal inheritance claims to specific, named settlements. It requires the reader to track how historical records preserve land distribution without providing narrative or theological explanation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
Cross-references
- Joshua 19:7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,