Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.
Parallel translations
- WEB Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
- KJV Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
- ESV Ummah, Aphek and Rehob—twenty-two cities with their villages.
- NKJV Also Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob were included: twenty-two cities with their villages.
- NASB Included also were Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob; twenty-two cities with their villages.
- NLT Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two towns with their surrounding villages.
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Quick answer
Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob complete the list, totaling twenty-two cities with their villages. This tally closes the catalog of Asher's towns.
Overview
The summary number of twenty-two cities rounds out Asher's inheritance. As with the other tribes, the careful counting underscores that God's gift was definite and abundant. Each named city testifies that the Lord fulfilled His ancient promise to give Israel a land, a tangible pledge of His enduring faithfulness.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 20:30The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
- Josh 19:28It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
- Josh 21:31Helkath, and Rehob—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Num 13:11from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
- 1 Sam 4:1Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
- Josh 13:4to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;
- Josh 12:18the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
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