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1 Chronicles 6:68
Jokmeam, Beth-horon,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — This verse appears in a chronological inventory listing towns allocated to the Levites, continuing a sequence that begins in 1 Chronicles 6:67 and concludes in 1 Chronicles 6:69.
The words — The Hebrew text records יָקְמְעָם (Jokmeam) and בֵּית חוֹרוֹן (Beth-horon) as direct objects marked by וְ/אֶת־ (ve./'et), functioning as the conjunction "and" attached to the accusative case.
The thread — Joshua 21:22 lists Beth-horon alongside Kibzaim as part of a four-city grant with pasturelands, and Joshua 10:11 identifies Beth-horon geographically during a flight route.
Why it lands — The text simply names two locations without attaching pasturelands, requiring the reader to note the abrupt omission compared to the surrounding verses that explicitly pair cities with their grazing territories.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs,
Cross-references
- Joshua 10:11 As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
- Joshua 16:5 This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
- Joshua 21:22 Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Samuel 13:18 another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.
- 1 Kings 4:12 Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;