Joshua 21:18
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- KJV
- Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
- WEB
- Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
- ASV
- Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
- DARBY
- Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities.
- BLB
- Anathoth and its pasturelands, and Almon and its pasturelands—four cities.
- ÅB
- Anatot med jorder og Almon med jorder - fire byer.
- OTB
- Anatot og Almon, sammen med deres beitemarker—fire byer.
- B1930
- Anatot med jorder og Almon med jorder - fire byer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 2:26
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
Read in contextJeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Read in contextIsaiah 10:30
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:60
And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
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