Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 6:75
Hukok, and Rehob, together with their pasturelands.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler lists the Levitical cities allocated from the tribe of Asher to the priests and Levites. This inventory records the specific towns and their surrounding agricultural zones granted to the priestly clans.
The words — The proper names חוּקֹק (Hukok) and רְחֹב (Rehob) are paired with מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ (migraśehā, its pasturelands) to designate each town and its adjacent land. The repeated object marker אֶת (et) grammatically binds each city name to its assigned territory.
The thread — This allocation corresponds directly to Joshua 21:31, which records Rehob and other Asherite cities granted to the Levites. Both accounts document the concrete fulfillment of the land distribution mandates outlined in the conquest narratives.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to acknowledge the precise, documented provision of land for the priestly and Levitical tribes. It demands recognition that the allocation was a historical settlement of specific properties rather than an abstract promise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
Cross-references
- Joshua 21:31 Helkath, and Rehob—four cities, together with their pasturelands.