Nehemiah 11:31
29 in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,
30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
32 in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
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
- The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
- KJV
- The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages,
- WEB
- The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,
- ASV
- The children of Benjamin also [dwelt] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
- DARBY
- And the children of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] in Michmash and Aija and Bethel, and their dependent villages,
- BLB
- And the sons of Benjamin from Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel and its villages,
- ÅB
- Benjamins barn hadde sine bosteder fra Geba av: i Mikmas, Aja, Betel med tilhørende småbyer,
- OTB
- Sønnene til Benjamin bodde fra Geba, ved Mikmas, Aija, Betel og dens bosetninger,
- B1930
- Benjamins barn hadde sine bosteder fra Geba av: i Mikmas, Aja, Betel med tilhørende småbyer,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 28:19
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
Read in contextJoshua 8:9
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
Read in context1 Samuel 13:11
“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
Read in contextJoshua 18:13
From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:28
Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
Read in contextNehemiah 7:30–32
the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
Read in contextJoshua 18:24
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
Read in contextGenesis 12:8
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
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