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1 Chronicles 6:69
Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the territorial allocation of cities to the Levitical clans, continuing the list of settlements assigned from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
The words — The text names אַיָּלוֹן ('ai.ya.lOn, Aijalon) and גַּת־רִמּוֹן (gat-ri.Mon, Gath-rimmon), connected by the object marker וְ/אֶת־ (ve./'Et, "and") and followed by מִגְרָשֵׁיהָ (mig.re.Shei.ha, "its pasture lands").
The thread — The same cities appear in Joshua 21:24 as part of the Levitical allotment, while Joshua 10:12 records a battle narrative set in the vicinity of Aijalon.
Why it lands — The text simply lists two named locations and their agricultural zones without commentary. The reader notes how territorial records function as the concrete framework for Israel's tribal inheritance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath–rimmon with her suburbs:
Cross-references
- Joshua 10:12 On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
- Joshua 21:24 Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.