Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
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Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
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Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
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Anathoth with the open land about it, and Almon with the open land about it; four cities.
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Passages linked to Joshua 21:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 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 6:60 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.
- Isaiah 10:30 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
- Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Anathoth with her suburbs,.... This is not mentioned among…
Anathoth with her suburbs,.... This is not mentioned among the cities of Benjamin, Jos 18:11; it was the native place of the Prophet Jeremiah; see Gill on Jer 1:1; it lay about two or three miles north of Jerusalem; three, says, Jerom (k). Rauwolff (l) speaks of it as a small village, when he travelled into those parts, and as lying on a height or eminence, and which was within twenty furlongs of Jerusalem, as Josephus writes (m):
and Almon with her suburbs; this also is not mentioned among the cities of Benjamin, Jos 18:11; it is called Alemeth, Ch1 6:60. Jarchi and Kimchi say it is the same with Bahurim, Sa2 3:16; where the Targum renders it by Almeth, and both words signify the same thing, "youth":
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four cities; which were a large number for so small a tribe as little Benjamin to give.
(k) De loc. Heb. fol. 88. H. (l) Travels, par. 3. c. 2. p. 216. (m) Antiqu. l. 10. c. 7. sect. 3.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. Anathoth.] Celebrated as the birthplace of Jeremiah,…
Verse 18. Anathoth.] Celebrated as the birthplace of Jeremiah, about three miles northward of Jerusalem, according to St. Jerome.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. Anathoth was the place to which King Solomon…
18. Anathoth was the place to which King Solomon banished Abiathar, (1Ki_2:26,) and the birthplace of Jeremiah. Jer_1:1. It is represented by the modern village Anata, four miles northeast of Jerusalem. It is now a small village, but contains remains of the walls and foundations of the ancient city.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. Anathoth] lay on or near the great road…
18. Anathoth] lay on or near the great road from the north to Jerusalem. Its modern name is Anâta, on a broad ridge 1¼ hours N.N.E. of the Holy City, (a) Hither Abiathar was banished by Solomon, after the failure of his attempt to raise Adonijah to the throne (1Ki_2:26); (b) here Jeremiah the prophet was born (Jer_1:1; Jer_11:21-23; Jer_29:27; Jer_32:7-9).
Almon] or Alemeth, according to the parallel list in 1Ch_6:60; now ’Almît or Almuta, about a mile N.E. of Anathoth.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Anathoth. The birthplace of Jeremiah, where we find that…
Anathoth. The birthplace of Jeremiah, where we find that Anathoth was still a priestly city. (Jos_1:1) No doubt it was for this reason that it was chosen (1Ki_2:26) as the place of Abiathar"s banishment. Here again we see to how close an examination the writers of the Old Testament may be submitted without in the least degree shaking their testimony. Observe, too, the geographical accuracy of Isaiah"s mention of Geba and Anathoth in his description of an Assyrian invasion through the passes at Ai or Aiath and Michmash. (Isa_10:29, Isa_10:30)
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