The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
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The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
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The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
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The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to Ezra 2:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 12:8 He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on Yahweh’s name.
- Joshua 7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land.” The men went up and spied out Ai.
- Joshua 8:9 Joshua sent them out; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai on the west side of Ai; but Joshua stayed among the people that night.
- Joshua 8:17 There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who didn’t go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued Israel.
- Nehemiah 7:33 The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. Beth-el] one of the most ancient towns in…
28. Beth-el] one of the most ancient towns in the country (cf. Jos_12:9), called Luz ‘at the first’ and famous in the history of the Patriarch Jacob (Gen_28:19; Gen_35:15), captured from the Canaanites by Ephraim (Jdg_1:22-26), situated on the borders of Ephraim and Benjamin (Jos_16:1; Jos_18:13; Jos_18:22). It was reputed of special sanctity. We find the ark at Beth-el (Jdg_20:18; Jdg_20:26-27). It was included in Samuel’s circuit (1Sa_7:16). It was the home of one of ‘the schools of the prophets’ (2Ki_2:3). It was selected by Jeroboam as the southern sanctuary for the calf-worship which he instituted (1Ki_12:28 &c.). Thenceforth its name chiefly occurs in connexion with the sins of idolatry (Amo_3:14; 2Ki_23:15).
It is about 2½ miles N.E. of Beeroth. Its site is generally identified with the extensive ruins of Beitin.
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Ai] E. of Beth-el (Gen_12:8; Jos_7:2), an ancient royal town (Jos_12:9) destroyed by Joshua (Joshua 7, 8), but afterwards rebuilt. It is called Aiath in Isa_10:28, in which passage its position shows that it lay to the N. of Michmash. In Neh_11:31 it appears as Aija. The name denotes ‘ruinous heaps’ and thus corresponds with Tell-el-Ḥajar (‘mound of stones’), a place about 2⅓ miles S. E. of Bethel, on the S. side of the Wadi-el-Mat-yâ, from which the path leads through the hills to Jericho. In the Pal. Expl. map it is identified with Khan Haiyan, 2570 ft. high, E. of Beeroth, and S. of Dêr Diwân.
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