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Nehemiah 11:31

BenjaminAijaBethel (of Palestine)GebaMichmash

29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,

30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages,

32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

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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,

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  • Genesis 28:19

    And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

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  • Joshua 8:9

    Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:11

    And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

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  • Joshua 18:13

    And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.

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  • Isaiah 10:28

    He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:

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  • Nehemiah 7:30–32

    The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.

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  • Joshua 18:24

    And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

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  • Genesis 12:8

    And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

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