And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
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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 6:68-70.
Glossary
- Beth-horon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Beit Ur al Tahta.
- Jokmeam Place
- Gathering of the people, a city of Ephraim, which was given with its suburbs to the Levites ( 1 Chr. 6:68 ). It lay somewhere in the Jordan valley ( 1 Kings 4:12 , R. V.; but in A. V. incorrectly “Jokneam”). Modern identification: Tel al Mazar.