and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
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and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
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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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(6-45) and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with the open land about it, and Alemeth with the open land about it, and Anathoth with the open land about it. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 6:60 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
- Joshua 18:24 Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
- Joshua 21:17-18 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
- 1 Samuel 13:3 Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
- 1 Kings 2:26 To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the Lord Yahweh’s ark before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.”
- 1 Chronicles 8:6 These are the sons of Ehud. These are the heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Geba, who were carried captive to Manahath:
- Isaiah 10:30 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
- Jeremiah 11:23 There will be no remnant to them, for I will bring evil on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.’ ”
- Jeremiah 37:12 then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the middle of the people.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, Almon, Josh. 21:18.
Or, Almon, Josh. 21:18.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Whereof eleven are here numbered, and two more added…
Whereof eleven are here numbered, and two more added to them, Jos 21:13.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 60. All their cities - were thirteen] But…
Verse 60. All their cities - were thirteen] But there are only eleven reckoned here, Gibeon and Juttah being omitted, and the names of some of the others changed. None of the versions give the full number of names, although they all give the whole sum thirteen.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ch 6:60. All their cities were thirteen — Of…
1Ch 6:60. All their cities were thirteen — Of which eleven are here numbered, and two more are mentioned Jos 21:16-17, namely, Jattah and Gibeon; which, perhaps, were in ruins when this book was written.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Almath. Josue, Almon. --- Thirteen; but Geta and Gabaon…
Almath. Josue, Almon. --- Thirteen; but Geta and Gabaon are not here expressed, Josue xxi. 16, 17. (Calmet) --- Alexandrian Septuagint inserts, "Lebee," before, and "Anchos, with its suburbs," after Anathoth, thus making 14; but these additional cities are not sacerdotal. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain thirteen cities--No more than eleven are named here; but…
thirteen cities--No more than eleven are named here; but two additional ones are mentioned (Jos 21:16-17), which makes up the thirteen.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 60. of Benjamin, Geba] In Jos_21:17 Gibeon and her…
60. of Benjamin, Geba] In Jos_21:17 Gibeon and her suburbs is inserted before Geba. Cp. the Critical Note at the head of this section.
Alemeth] In Jos_21:18, Almon.
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thirteen cities] Cp. the Critical Note at the head of this section.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (60) “Gibeon and her pastures” is omitted; probably an…
(60) “Gibeon and her pastures” is omitted; probably an oversight, due to the similarity of sound and form between Gibeon and Geba. Alemeth and Almôn are each valid formations, and perhaps represent an older and younger name of the place.
Thirteen cities.—The list in its present shape contains eleven. This proves that Juttah and Gibeon should be restored to the text.
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