1 Chronicles 6:67 “They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in th…”

1 Chronicles 6:67

They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

World English Bible

They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands and Gezer with its pasture lands,

American Standard Version

And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,

Geneva Bible 1599

And they gaue vnto them cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, and her suburbes, and Gezer and her suburbes,

Darby Translation

they gave the city of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,

Young's Literal Translation

and they give to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,

Bible in Basic English

And they gave them the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its outskirts, and Gezer with its outskirts,

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Cross references

“Shechem”

Joshua 21:21 Genesis 33:18 Genesis 35:4 Joshua 20:7

Joshua 21:21 · BSB

they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,

Genesis 33:18 · BSB

After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

Genesis 35:4 · BSB

So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

Joshua 20:7 · BSB

So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

“Gezer”

Joshua 12:12 Joshua 16:3 Joshua 16:10 1 Kings 9:16

Joshua 12:12 · BSB

the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

Joshua 16:3 · BSB

Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.

Joshua 16:10 · BSB

But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

1 Kings 9:16 · BSB

Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

66And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

68Jokmeam, Beth-horon,

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