1 Chronicles 4:32
 1 Chronicles 4:32 
New International Version (©2011)
Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token and Ashan--five towns--

New Living Translation (©2007)
Their descendants also lived in Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan--five towns

English Standard Version (©2001)
And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen and Ashan, five cities;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan--five cities,

International Standard Version (©2012)
Their cities were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, for a total of five cities,

NET Bible (©2006)
Their settlements also included Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan--five towns.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Their five cities were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

American King James Version
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

American Standard Version
And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Remmon, and Thochen, and Asan, five cities.

Darby Bible Translation
And their villages were Etam and Ain, Rimmon and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

English Revised Version
And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

Webster's Bible Translation
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

World English Bible
Their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

Young's Literal Translation
And their villages are Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:1-43 Genealogies. - In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remarkable person in this chapter is Jabez. We are not told upon what account Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; but we find that he was a praying man. The way to be truly great, is to seek to do God's will, and to pray earnestly. Here is the prayer he made. Jabez prayed to the living and true God, who alone can hear and answer prayer; and, in prayer he regarded him as a God in covenant with his people. He does not express his promise, but leaves it to be understood; he was afraid to promise in his own strength, and resolved to devote himself entirely to God. Lord, if thou wilt bless me and keep me, do what thou wilt with me; I will be at thy command and disposal for ever. As the text reads it, this was the language of a most ardent and affectionate desire, Oh that thou wouldest bless me! Four things Jabez prayed for. 1. That God would bless him indeed. Spiritual blessings are the best blessings: God's blessings are real things, and produce real effects. 2. That He would enlarge his coast. That God would enlarge our hearts, and so enlarge our portion in himself, and in the heavenly Canaan, ought to be our desire and prayer. 3. That God's hand might be with him. God's hand with us, to lead us, protect us, strengthen us, and to work all our works in us and for us, is a hand all-sufficient for us. 4. That he would keep him from evil, the evil of sin, the evil of trouble, all the evil designs of his enemies, that they might not hurt, nor make him a Jabez indeed, a man of sorrow. God granted that which he requested. God is ever ready to hear prayer: his ear is not now heavy.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities. There are but four mentioned in Joshua 19:7 one might be added since, or new built, namely, Tochen; these, according to Kimchi, were all that remained for them to dwell in, in the times of David; and therefore they were obliged to seek out for new settlements for themselves and flocks, as in 1 Chronicles 4:39, &c.


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The Descendants and Cities of Simeon
31And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities to the reign of David. 32And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: 33And all their villages that were round about the same cities, to Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. …

1 Chronicles 4:31 Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David.
1 Chronicles 4:33 and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath. These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.