1 Chronicles 4:32 (YLT)

Passage

And their villages <FI>are<Fi> Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 4:30 and in Bethuel, and in Hormah, and in Ziklag,

1 Chronicles 4:31 and in Beth-Marcaboth, and in Hazar-Susim, and in Beth-Birei, and in Shaarim; these <FI>are<Fi> their cities till the reigning of David.

1 Chronicles 4:32 And their villages <FI>are<Fi> Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,

1 Chronicles 4:33 and all their villages that <FI>are<Fi> round about these cities unto Baal; these <FI>are<Fi> their dwellings, and they have their genealogy:

1 Chronicles 4:34 even Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah son of Amaziah,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "villages", "etam", "rimmon", "tochen", "ashan", "five", and "cities". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "villages" and "etam", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "and in Beth-Marcaboth and in Hazar-Susim and..." into verse 33's "and all their villages that FI are...", so "villages" and "etam" belong inside that flow. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "villages" and "etam" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.