Nehemiah 11:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;”
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“The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth–el, and in their villages,”
King James Version · Public Domain“The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And sons of Benjamin <FI>are<Fi> at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 11:31 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 12:8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- Joshua 8:9So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
- Joshua 18:13From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
- Joshua 18:22Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
- Joshua 18:24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
- 1 Samuel 13:2He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
- 1 Samuel 13:11“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
- 1 Samuel 13:23And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
- Nehemiah 7:30the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
- Nehemiah 7:32the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
- Nehemiah 12:29from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 10:28Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
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