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  • WEB World English Bible

    The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.

  • KJV King James Version

    The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

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

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Ezra 2:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Joshua 18:24-25 Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages. Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
  • Nehemiah 7:30 The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred twenty-one.

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Explain this verse (1 source)

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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. Ramah] the dwelling-place of Samuel (1Sa_7:17) and afterwards…

26. Ramah] the dwelling-place of Samuel (1Sa_7:17) and afterwards a frontier-fortress on the borders of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms (1Ki_15:17; 1Ki_15:22); the modern Er-râm about 6 miles N. of Jerusalem.

Gaba] R.V. Geba. One of the priestly towns in the tribe of Benjamin (cf. Jos_18:24 with Jos_21:17 :1Ch_8:6 with 1Ch_6:60), on the frontiers of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms, 2Ki_23:8; fortified by Asa out of material obtained from Ramah, 1Ki_15:22 : distant some 8 miles N. of Jerusalem, modern Jeba.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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