1st Chronicles Chapter 4 verse 32 Holy Bible
And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
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And their small towns were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen and Ashan, five towns;
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And their villages were Etam and Ain, Rimmon and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
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And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
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And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
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Their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
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And their villages `are' Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(32) And their villages.--This belongs to 1Chronicles 4:31. The verb should be cancelled.Etam, and Ain, Rimmon . . .--Why are these five cities separated from the former thirteen? The old Jewish expositors Rashi and Kimchi assert, that whereas the thirteen were lost to the Simeonites from the time of David, these five remained in their possession. The separation is made in Joshua 19 as well as here. (Many MSS. read "and Rimmon.")Five cities.--Joshua 19:7 : "Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages." Etam may be a mistake for Ether. But there were two Etams, one in the hills of Judah, south of Bethlehem (see 1Chronicles 4:3, Note; 2Chronicles 11:6), and one in the south of Judah (Judges 15:8)--perhaps the place intended here. Ether occurs in Joshua 15:42 along with Ashan. Both were in the lowlands of Judah. Ain and Rimmon are spoken of as one place (Nehemiah 11:29): they must have been close to each other (comp. Buda-Pesth). Tochen only here. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAnd their villagesוְחַצְרֵיהֶם֙ (wə·ḥaṣ·rê·hem)Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 2691: A yard, a hamletwere Etam,עֵיטָ֣ם (‘ê·ṭām)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 5862: Etam -- three places in IsraelAin,וָעַ֔יִן (wā·‘a·yin)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 5871: Ain -- a spring (of water)Rimmon,רִמּ֥וֹן (rim·mō·wn)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 7417: A Syrian godTochen,וְתֹ֖כֶן (wə·ṯō·ḵen)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 8507: Tochen -- 'measurement', a city in Simeonand Ashan—וְעָשָׁ֑ן (wə·‘ā·šān)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 6228: Ashan -- a place in Judah and later in Simeonfiveחָמֵֽשׁ׃ (ḥā·mêš)Number - feminine singularStrong's 2568: Five[towns]—עָרִ֖ים (‘ā·rîm)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 5892: ExcitementJump to PreviousAin A'in Ashan Cities Etam Five Rimmon Small Surrounding Token Towns Villages
