Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
Parallel translations
- WEB Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
- KJV And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
- BSB Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
- ESV Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
- NASB Eltekeh, Gibbethon, and Baalath,
- NLT Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
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Quick answer
Eltekeh, Gibbethon, and Baalath belong to Dan's inheritance. These towns lay in the western lowland plain.
Overview
Several of these cities, such as Gibbethon and Eltekeh, were later set apart as Levitical towns. The listing here shows how the tribal allotments supplied the cities the Levites would receive scattered throughout Israel. God's careful provision wove together tribal inheritance and Levitical ministry within the one land He gave.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 1 Kgs 16:15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
- 1 Kgs 15:27Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
- 1 Kgs 9:18Baalath, Tamar in the wilderness,
- Josh 21:23Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
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