Nehemiah 11:25

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;”

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BSBPD

“As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath–arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And at the villages with their fields, of the sons of Judah there have dwelt, in Kirjath-Arba and its small towns, and in Dibon and its small towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Nehemiah 11:25 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 14:13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
  2. Joshua 14:15(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
  3. Joshua 15:21These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom:

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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