They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
Parallel translations
- KJV And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
- BSB and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
- NKJV They had in their inheritance Beersheba (Sheba), Moladah,
- NASB So they had in their inheritance Beersheba or Sheba and Moladah,
- NLT Simeon’s homeland included Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 1 Chr 4:28–30They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,
- Gen 21:31Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.
- Josh 15:28Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
- Neh 11:26–30in Jeshua, in Moladah, Beth Pelet,
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