Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 7:28
Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records the territorial boundaries of the Manassite clans to document their specific land allotments.
The words — אֲחֻזָּתָם (aḥuzṯām) means "their possessions," and מֹשְׁבֹתָם (mōšəḇōṯām) means "their dwelling places," defining the legal and residential extent of the inheritance.
The thread — The named locations reappear in earlier boundary and conquest lists, including Bethel in Genesis 28:19 and Joshua 16:2, and the broader Josephite settlement patterns in Judges 1:22.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track how tribal inheritance was concretely mapped, bounded, and populated in ancient Israel.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And their possessions and habitations were, Beth–el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
Cross-references
- Genesis 28:19 and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- Joshua 16:2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
- Judges 1:22 The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
- 1 Chronicles 6:66 And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory: