1 Chronicles 6:77 (KJV)

What does 1 Chronicles 6:77 mean?

1 Chronicles 6:77 records that the remaining descendants of Merari, one of the Levitical families, were given two towns—Rimmon and Tabor—along with their surrounding lands, from the territory of the tribe of Zebulun. This verse is part of a list detailing which Levitical families received specific towns to live in among the tribes of Israel.

The chronicler is listing the distribution of towns to the Levites, who did not receive a tribal territory of their own but were instead assigned cities within other tribes. Here, the focus is on the Merarite Levites and the towns they were given from Zebulun’s land. The mention of "suburbs" refers to the pasturelands around each city, which the Levites could use for their livestock and daily needs.