The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,
- KJV The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,
- NKJV Also the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages;
- NASB The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns,
- NLT Some of the people of Benjamin lived at Geba, Micmash, Aija, and Bethel with its settlements.
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Quick answer
The Benjamites settled from Geba through Michmash, Bethel, and their towns. The tribe of Benjamin also reoccupied its territory.
Overview
Turning from Judah to Benjamin, the list records towns north of Jerusalem that the Benjamites resettled. Places like Bethel and Michmash carried deep historical significance in Israel's past. Their reoccupation shows that the restoration embraced both remaining tribes, reestablishing the people throughout the land God had given them.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 12:8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
- Josh 18:13From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
- Neh 7:30–32the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
- Gen 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- Isa 10:28Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
- Josh 8:9So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
- 1 Sam 13:11“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
- Josh 18:24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
- 1 Sam 13:23And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
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