complete verse (1 Chronicles 6:69)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 6:69:

  • Kupsabiny: “They were also given the cities of Aijalon and Gath-rimmon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their animal-grazing places.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Ayalon, and Gat Rimon, including their pasturelands.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Aijalon, and Gath-Rimmon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:69

Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands: As in verse 61, some scholars correct the Masoretic Text here to include the tribe of Dan. The parallel text in Josh 21.23-24 says “23 and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, 24 Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands….” New American Bible corrects the Masoretic Text here to read “From the tribe of Dan: Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, Aijalon with its pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands” (similarly Knoppers, Herder). Einheitsübersetzung adds the same words within parentheses. However, translators should follow the Masoretic Text here and not correct it to agree with the text in Josh 21.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 6:69

6:69 Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.

Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon. ⌊They also received/got⌋ the grazing land surrounding these towns.
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and Aijalon and Gath-rimmon ⌊towns⌋ . ⌊They⌋ also ⌊gave them⌋ the nearby open/uncultivated land.
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⌊They gave them the town of⌋ Aijalon ⌊and the uncultivated land around it. They gave them the town of⌋ Gath-rimmon and the uncultivated land around it.

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