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Nehemiah 11:31

The Benjaminites from Geba lived in: Micmash Aijah Bethel and its suburbs Anathoth Nob and Ananiah Hazor Ramah and Gittaim Hadid, Zeboim, and Neballat Lod and Ono and the Valley of the Craftsmen. Also some of the Levitical groups of Judah were assigned to Benjamin.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ai;   Geba;   Michmash;   Nob;   Thompson Chain Reference - Michmash;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Michmash;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Geba;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Benjamin;   Bethel;   Judea;   Nob;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aija;   Bethel;   Geba;   Michmash;   Nob;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ai;   Aija;   Geba;   Michmash;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ai, Hai ;   Aija ;   Benjamin ;   Bethel ;   Geba ;   Michmas, Michmash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ai;   Benjamin;   Bethel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A-I'ja,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ai;   Aija;   Bethel;   Geba;   Palestine;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ai;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Benjamin;   Gibeah;   Michmash;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Benjamin’s descendants:
Hebrew Names Version
The children of Binyamin also [lived] from Geva [onward], at Mikhmash and Ayah, and at Beit-El and the towns of it,
King James Version
The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages.
English Standard Version
The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
New Century Version
The descendants of the Benjaminites from Geba lived in Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its surroundings,
New English Translation
Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
Amplified Bible
The sons (descendants) of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its towns,
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns,
World English Bible
The children of Benjamin also [lived] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and the towns of it,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Beniamin from Geba, in Michmash, and Aiia, and Beth-el, and in the villages thereof,
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns,
Berean Standard Bible
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages,
Contemporary English Version
The people of Benjamin lived in the towns of Geba, Michmash, Aija, Bethel with its nearby villages,
Complete Jewish Bible
The people of Binyamin lived from Geva onward, in Mikhmas and ‘Ayah, in Beit-El and its villages,
Darby Translation
And the children of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] in Michmash and Aija and Bethel, and their dependent villages,
Easy-to-Read Version
The descendants of the family of Benjamin from Geba lived in Micmash, Aija, Bethel, and the small towns around it,
George Lamsa Translation
The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Ramtha of Michmash, Ai, Beth-el, and in their villages,
Good News Translation
The people of the tribe of Benjamin lived in Geba, Michmash, Ai, Bethel and the nearby villages,
Lexham English Bible
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and their settlements,
Literal Translation
And the sons of Benjamin from Geba were at Michmash; and Aija; and Bethel, and their daughter-villages;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Ben Iamin of Gaba, dwelt at Michmas, Aia, Bethel and in their vyllages.
American Standard Version
The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
Bible in Basic English
And the children of Benjamin were living from Geba, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and its daughter-towns,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The children also of Beniamin from Geba, dwelt at Machmas, Aia, Bethel, and in their villages,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Benjamin from Geba onward, at Michmas and Aijah, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof;
King James Version (1611)
The children also of Beniamin, from Geba, dwelt at Michmash, and Aiia, and Beth-el, and in their villages:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Benjamin dwelt from Gabaa to Machmas.
English Revised Version
The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the sones of Beniamyn dwelliden in Areba, Mechynas, and Aia, and Bethel and vilagis therof;
Update Bible Version
The sons of Benjamin also [dwelt] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
Webster's Bible Translation
The children also of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and [in] their villages.
New King James Version
Also the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages;
New Living Translation
Some of the people of Benjamin lived at Geba, Micmash, Aija, and Bethel with its settlements.
New Life Bible
The sons of Benjamin lived in Geba, Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
New Revised Standard
The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Benjamin, dwelt from Geba, to Michmas and Aija, and Bethel, and the hamlets thereof:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Benjamin, from Geba, at Mechmas, and at Hai, and at Bethel, and in the villages thereof,
Revised Standard Version
The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Ai'ja, Bethel and its villages,
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Benjamin [are] at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns,

Contextual Overview

20 The rest of the Israelites, priests, and Levites were in all the towns of Judah, each on his own family property. 21 The Temple staff lived on the hill Ophel. Ziha and Gishpa were responsible for them. 22The chief officer over the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. Uzzi was one of Asaph's descendants, singers who led worship in The Temple of God. The singers got their orders from the king, who drew up their daily schedule. 24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, represented the people's concerns at the royal court. 25Some of the Judeans lived in the villages near their farms: Kiriath Arba (Hebron) and suburbs Dibon and suburbs Jekabzeel and suburbs Jeshua Moladah Beth Pelet Hazar Shual Beersheba and suburbs Ziklag Meconah and suburbs En Rimmon Zorah Jarmuth Zanoah Adullam and their towns Lachish and its fields Azekah and suburbs. They were living all the way from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom. 31The Benjaminites from Geba lived in: Micmash Aijah Bethel and its suburbs Anathoth Nob and Ananiah Hazor Ramah and Gittaim Hadid, Zeboim, and Neballat Lod and Ono and the Valley of the Craftsmen. Also some of the Levitical groups of Judah were assigned to Benjamin.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

from Geba: or, of Geba, Nehemiah 7:30, Gaba, Joshua 18:24

at Michmash: or, to Michmash, Nehemiah 7:31, Michmas, 1 Samuel 13:11, 1 Samuel 13:23, Isaiah 10:28

Aija: Nehemiah 7:32, Ai, Genesis 12:8, Hai, Joshua 8:9, Ai, Beth-el, Genesis 28:19, Joshua 18:13

Reciprocal: Joshua 7:2 - to Ai Nehemiah 12:29 - Geba

Cross-References

Genesis 11:3
They said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and fire them well." They used brick for stone and tar for mortar.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower that reaches Heaven. Let's make ourselves famous so we won't be scattered here and there across the Earth."
Genesis 11:5
God came down to look over the city and the tower those people had built.
Genesis 11:26
When Terah was seventy years old, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 12:4
So Abram left just as God said, and Lot left with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot with him, along with all the possessions and people they had gotten in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan and arrived safe and sound. Abram passed through the country as far as Shechem and the Oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites occupied the land.
Genesis 15:7
God continued, "I'm the same God who brought you from Ur of the Chaldees and gave you this land to own."
Genesis 24:10
The servant took ten of his master's camels and, loaded with gifts from his master, traveled to Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor. Outside the city, he made the camels kneel at a well. It was evening, the time when the women came to draw water. He prayed, "O God , God of my master Abraham, make things go smoothly this day; treat my master Abraham well! As I stand here by the spring while the young women of the town come out to get water, let the girl to whom I say, ‘Lower your jug and give me a drink,' and who answers, ‘Drink, and let me also water your camels'—let her be the woman you have picked out for your servant Isaac. Then I'll know that you're working graciously behind the scenes for my master."
Genesis 24:15
It so happened that the words were barely out of his mouth when Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel whose mother was Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with a water jug on her shoulder. The girl was stunningly beautiful, a pure virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up. The servant ran to meet her and said, "Please, can I have a sip of water from your jug?"
Hebrews 11:8
By an act of faith, Abraham said yes to God's call to travel to an unknown place that would become his home. When he left he had no idea where he was going. By an act of faith he lived in the country promised him, lived as a stranger camping in tents. Isaac and Jacob did the same, living under the same promise. Abraham did it by keeping his eye on an unseen city with real, eternal foundations—the City designed and built by God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The children also of Benjamin, from Geba, dwelt at Michmash,.... Geba was a city on the southern border of Benjamin, Joshua 18:24 and Michmash on the northern, of which see 1 Samuel 13:2 in this and the four following verses are the names of several cities in the tribe of Benjamin, inhabited by the men of that tribe, as Alia, the same with Ai, that lay on the east of Bethel, here also mentioned, see Joshua 7:2 Anathoth, the birth place of Jeremiah the prophet, Jeremiah 1:1. Nob, a city of the priests, 1 Samuel 21:1. Ananiah is nowhere else mentioned; Hazor is to be distinguished from another of this name in the tribe of Naphtali, Joshua 19:36. Ramah, a place well known in Benjamin, Joshua 18:25. Gittaim, of which see 2 Samuel 4:3. Hadid, the same with Adida, which lay in a plain,

"Simon also set up Adida in Sephela, and made it strong with gates and bars.'' (1 Maccabees 12:38)

Zeboim, a valley of this name, is read in 1 Samuel 13:18. Neballat we read of nowhere else; of Lod and Ono, see 1 Chronicles 8:12 and the valley of craftsmen, or Chorasin, 1 Chronicles 4:14.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Many of the places mentioned in these verses are mentioned in Joshua 15:27-39; Joshua 18:21-28.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. Geba — Probably the same as Gibeah of Saul.


 
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