Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
- BSB And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
- ESV And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
- NKJV Then Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah, after his own name.
- NASB Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and named it Nobah, after his own name.
- NLT Meanwhile, a man named Nobah captured the town of Kenath and its surrounding villages, and he renamed that area Nobah after himself.
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Cross-references · 2
- 2 Sam 18:18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar which is in the king’s valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in memory.” He called the pillar after his own name. It is called Absalom’s monument, to this day.
- Ps 49:11Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
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