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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Kartan

In Naphtali, given to the Gershonite clan. Chronicles calls the same town Kirjathaim, "double city," which is probably the full name behind the short one.

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First, in plain English

In Naphtali, given to the Gershonite clan. Chronicles calls the same town Kirjathaim, "double city," which is probably the full name behind the short one.

Who this is

A Levitical city of Naphtali given to the Gershonite clan (Joshua 21:32). The parallel list in 1 Chronicles 6:76 gives the name of this same town as Kirjathaim, "double city," which is likely the fuller form of the name Kartan represents in abbreviated form.

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The word

H7178

Where it is
  • 35.4625
  • 33.111944
Where it appears
  • Joshua 21:32

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