1. Beniamite, son ofBecher. 1 Chronicles 7:8 .
2. One of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant. Nehemiah 10:19 .
3. City assigned to the priests in the territory of Benjamin, where Abiathar the high priest had his own 'fields,' and where Jeremiah was born: its inhabitants persecuted the prophet. Identified with Anata , 31 49' N, 35 15' E . Joshua 21:18; 1 Kings 2:26; 1 Chronicles 6:60; Ezra 2:23; Nehemiah 7:27; Nehemiah 11:32 , Isaiah 10:30; Jeremiah 1:1; Jeremiah 11:21,23; Jeremiah 29:27; Jeremiah 32:7-9 .