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1 Chronicles 6:59

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What does 1 Chronicles 6:59 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs;” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs;
1 Chronicles 6:59 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 6

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
56but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
58and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
59and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs;
60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
61And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath [were given] by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
62And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The writer evidently had before him Joshua 21:0, which he followed, as to its matter, closely. In some cases he perhaps modernised the ancient names (1 Chronicles 6:58, 1 Chronicles 6:60, 1 Chronicles 6:72, etc.); in a few he substituted for the old an entirely new name, the modern apellation, probably, of the ancient site 1 Chronicles 6:70, 1 Chronicles 6:77. At one time, it would seem, his intention was to give the cities of the priests only, and to content himself with stating the mere number of the rest. His account of the matter was then brought to a conclusion, and summed up, in 1 Chronicles 6:64. But, afterward, either he or a later writer thought it best to add to the list of the…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Ashan: It is probable that either Ain, in Joshua, is a mistake for Ashan, or that it was called by both names. Ch1 4:32; Jos 15:42, Jos 21:16, Ain Bethshemesh: Jos 15:10, Jos 21:16; Sa1 6:12-19; Jer 43:13 1 Chronicles 6:60”
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