OLD TESTAMENT

1 Chronicles 9:16

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and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

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Verse 16. Suburbs, or “courts,” atriis. Bible.—Hebrew “villages.” Menochius.—Netophati was a town of Juda. The ancient regulations could not be observed exactly. Calmet.—The priests received the Levites into their cities. D.

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