They also lived in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Parallel translations
- WEB at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
- KJV And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
- BSB in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
- NKJV in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah;
- NASB at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
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Quick answer
The Benjamites also lived in Anathoth, Nob, and Ananiah. The settlement of Benjamin's towns continues.
Overview
Anathoth was the hometown of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1), and Nob had once been a city of priests. The reoccupation of these towns links the restored community to its prophetic and priestly heritage. The record affirms God's faithfulness in restoring even places marked by earlier judgment and significance.
Cross-references & the web
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- Josh 21:18Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs: four cities.
- 1 Sam 21:1Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?”
- Isa 10:30Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
- Isa 10:32This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
- Neh 7:27The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
- 1 Sam 22:19He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
- Jer 1:1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
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