Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 6:80
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records the post-exilic inventory of Levitical allocations, noting the cities assigned from the territory of Gad. The narrator lists these settlements in a continuous administrative register without addressing a specific audience.
The words — רָאמ֥וֹת (ra.Mot) = Ramoth, and מִגְרָשֶׁ֑י/הָ (mig.ra.Shei./ha) = pasture lands/ its, denote the named settlement and its surrounding agricultural zones. These terms specify the physical boundaries granted to the Levites.
The thread — The allocation of Ramoth and Mahanaim from Gad appears in Joshua 21:38, where Ramoth is identified as a city of refuge. Mahanaim is previously named in Genesis 32:2 as the place Jacob called the camp of God.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of the precise territorial distribution of Levitical inheritance. It requires the reader to track how specific Gadite towns functioned as both administrative centers and theological landmarks.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Cross-references
- Genesis 32:2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
- 2 Kings 9:1 Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
- Joshua 21:38 And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
- 2 Samuel 17:24 Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:27 When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
- 2 Samuel 19:32 Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
- 1 Kings 22:3 who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
- 1 Chronicles 6:73 Ramoth, and Anem, together with their pasturelands.