Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'towns' occurs 47 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'towns' in the standard works and contain 63.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 7:28-29 (8 in 2 verses)

 7:28 And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

 7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.




Josh. 17:11-16 (7 in 6 verses)

Judg. 1:27 (5 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 13:19 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:45-47 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 11:26 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 41 0 41
Gen. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 11 0 11
Judg. 7 0 7
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 13 0 13
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Esth. 1 0 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 4 0 4
BM 2 0 2
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 47 1 48

1 Chr. 2:23
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

1 Chr. 5:16
And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

1 Chr. 7:28
And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

1 Chr. 7:29
And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

1 Chr. 8:12
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:

1 Chr. 18:1
Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.