📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 6:75
What does 1 Chronicles 6:75 mean?
"Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;"
— 1 Chronicles 6:75 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,
Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs;
and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs.
To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs;
and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,
Explanation
First Chronicles 6:75 is a brief entry in a longer list of towns given to the Levites, the tribe set apart for priestly and temple service in Israel. In plain language, the verse simply names two towns, Hukok and Rehob, and notes that each came with its surrounding "suburbs" or pasturelands, meaning the open fields around the town used for grazing livestock. This is not a narrative verse with action or dialogue; it is administrative record-keeping, part of a catalog of Levitical cities.
The book of 1 Chronicles was written after the Babylonian exile, likely by a priestly or scribal author (traditionally associated with Ezra), for a community of Israelites returning to their land and trying to reconnect with their identity, worship practices
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