1 Chronicles 6:60
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.”
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“And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs. All their cities <FI>are<Fi> thirteen cities, for their families.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 6:60 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 18:24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 21:17And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
- 1 Samuel 13:3Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
- 1 Kings 2:26Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
- 1 Chronicles 8:6These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:
- Nehemiah 12:29from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 10:30Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
- Jeremiah 1:1These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
- Jeremiah 11:23There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
- Jeremiah 37:12Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
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