Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
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Interpretation
This verse speaks in the wider setting of memory and worship as 1 Chronicles unfolds its message.
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This thought runs through 1 Chronicles 6:77-81.
Glossary
- Merari Person
- Sad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who accompanied him thither ( Gen. 46:11 ; Ex. 6:16 ).
- Zebulun Person
- Dwelling, the sixth and youngest son of Jacob and Leah ( Gen. 30:20 ). Little is known of his personal history. He had three sons (46:14).
- Jokneam Place
- Gathered by the people, ( Josh. 19:11 ; 21:34 ), a city “of Carmel” (12:22), i. e., on Carmel, allotted with its suburbs to the Merarite Levites. Modern identification: Tel Yokneam.
- Kartah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet el Qureiyeh.
- Rimmono Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Rumana.
- Tabor Place
- Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Iksal.