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New Living Translation

Joshua 21:18

Anathoth, and Almon—four towns.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Almon;   Levites;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Anathoth;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaronites;   Anathoth;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Alemeth;   Almon;   Anathoth;   Judah, Tribe of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alemeth;   Anathoth;   Judah;   Levi;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alemeth;   Anathoth;   Joshua, the Book of;   Kohathites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Allemeth;   Anathoth;   Benjamin;   Joshua;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Libnah;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Suburb;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Alemeth ;   Almon ;   Anathoth ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Levites ;   Refuge, Cities of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Anathoth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Al'mon;   An'athoth,;   Priest;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abiathar;   Allemeth;   Almon;   Anathoth;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Almon;   Anathoth;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Almon;   Anathoth;   Bahurim;   Levi ;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities.
Hebrew Names Version
`Anatot with its suburbs, and `Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
King James Version
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
Lexham English Bible
Anathoth and its pasturelands, Almon and its pasturelands; four cities.
English Standard Version
Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities.
New Century Version
Anathoth, and Almon. They gave them these four towns and the pastures around them.
New English Translation
Anathoth, and Almon, along with the grazing areas of each—a total of four cities.
Amplified Bible
Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.
New American Standard Bible
Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Anathoth with her suburbes, and Almon with her suburbes: foure cities.
Legacy Standard Bible
Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Anatot with its surrounding open land and ‘Almon with its surrounding open land — four cities.
Darby Translation
Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities.
Easy-to-Read Version
Anathoth, and Almon. They gave them these four towns and some of the land near the towns for their animals.
George Lamsa Translation
Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs: four cities.
Good News Translation
Anathoth, and Almon, with their pasture lands.
Literal Translation
Anathoth and its open lands, and Almon and its open lands; four cities.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Anathot and the suburbes therof, Almon and the suburbes therof:
American Standard Version
Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
Bible in Basic English
Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Anatoth with her suburbes, Almon with her suburbes, foure cities.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Anathoth with the open land about it, and Almon with the open land about it; four cities.
King James Version (1611)
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs, foure cities.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities.
English Revised Version
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
Berean Standard Bible
Anathoth, and Almon-four cities, along with their pasturelands.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`foure citees.
Young's Literal Translation
Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs -- four cities;
Update Bible Version
Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
Webster's Bible Translation
Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
World English Bible
Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
New King James Version
Anathoth with its common-land, and Almon with its common-land: four cities.
New Life Bible
Anathoth with its fields, and Almon with its fields, four cities.
New Revised Standard
Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands—four towns.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Anathoth, with her pasture land, and Almon, with her pasture land, - four cities.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Anathoth and Almon, with, their suburbs: four cities.
Revised Standard Version
An'athoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands--four cities.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities.

Contextual Overview

9 The Israelites gave the following towns from the tribes of Judah and Simeon 10 to the descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, since the sacred lot fell to them first: 11 Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was an ancestor of Anak.) 12 But the open fields beyond the town and the surrounding villages were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession. 13 The following towns with their pasturelands were given to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Hebron (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Libnah, 14 Jattir, Eshtemoa, 15 Holon, Debir, 16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine towns from these two tribes. 17 From the tribe of Benjamin the priests were given the following towns with their pasturelands: Gibeon, Geba, 18 Anathoth, and Almon—four towns.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Anathoth: Anathoth was situated about three miles northward from Jerusalem according to Eusebius and Jerome - in Jeremiah 1:20, or twenty furlongs, according to Josephus. Ant. I. x. c. 7 sec. 3. 1 Kings 2:26, Isaiah 10:30, Jeremiah 1:1

Almon: 1 Chronicles 6:60, Alemeth

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 16:5 - Bahurim Ezra 2:23 - Anathoth Nehemiah 11:32 - Anathoth Jeremiah 32:7 - Anathoth Jeremiah 37:12 - the land

Cross-References

Genesis 16:10
Then he added, "I will give you more descendants than you can count."
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:12
But God told Abraham, "Do not be upset over the boy and your servant. Do whatever Sarah tells you, for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.
Genesis 21:13
But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar's son because he is your son, too."
Genesis 21:18
Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants."
Genesis 21:29
Abimelech asked, "Why have you set these seven apart from the others?"
Genesis 21:31
Then he named the place Beersheba (which means "well of the oath"), because that was where they had sworn the oath.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Anathoth with her suburbs,.... This is not mentioned among the cities of Benjamin, Joshua 18:11; it was the native place of the Prophet Jeremiah, Joshua 18:11- :; it lay about two or three miles north of Jerusalem; three, says, Jerom k. Rauwolff l speaks of it as a small village, when he travelled into those parts, and as lying on a height or eminence, and which was within twenty furlongs of Jerusalem, as Josephus writes m:

and Almon with her suburbs; this also is not mentioned among the cities of Benjamin, Joshua 18:11; it is called Alemeth, 1 Chronicles 6:60. Jarchi and Kimchi say it is the same with Bahurim, 2 Samuel 3:16; where the Targum renders it by Almeth, and both words signify the same thing, "youth":

four cities; which were a large number for so small a tribe as little Benjamin to give.

k De loc. Heb. fol. 88. H. l Travels, par. 3. c. 2. p. 216. m Antiqu. l. 10. c. 7. sect. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The thirteen priestly cities (see the marginal references) were all in the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. Thus, as Calvin remarks, God so overruled it that the priestly families were placed upon the spot which He had determined before hand to choose as the site of His temple.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 21:18. Anathoth. — Celebrated as the birthplace of Jeremiah, about three miles northward of Jerusalem, according to St. Jerome.


 
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