Anathoth, and Almon—four towns.
Parallel translations
- WEB Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs: four cities.
- KJV Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
- BSB Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- NKJV Anathoth with its common-land, and Almon with its common-land: four cities.
- NASB Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.
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Quick answer
Anathoth and Almon, with their pasturelands, complete four cities from Benjamin. Anathoth would later be the prophet Jeremiah's hometown.
Overview
Anathoth, granted here to the priests, became the home of the priestly family from which Jeremiah arose (Jeremiah 1:1). The verse shows how these allotted cities became the seedbed for later servants of God. The careful provision of priestly towns thus shaped Israel's spiritual life for generations, supplying both ministers and prophets to the nation.
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Cross-references · 4
- Jer 1:1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
- 1 Kgs 2:26To 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 Chr 6:60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- Isa 10:30Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
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