And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
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Interpretation
This verse continues the thought already in view and fits the wider themes of memory and worship in 1 Chronicles.
Read with
This thought runs through 1 Chronicles 4:29-33.
Glossary
- Ain Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Halif.
- Ashan Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet Asan.
- Etam Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet el Khokh.
- Rimmon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Halif.
- Tochen Place
- Measured, a town of Simeon ( 1 Chr. 4:32 ). Modern identification: Khirbet el Ater.