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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Nehemiah 11:28

in Ziklag and in Meconah and its towns,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Mekonah;   Ziklag;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ziklag;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Beersheba;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mekonah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judea;   Mekonah;   Ziklag;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mekonah;   Ziklag;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mekonah;   Writing;   Ziklag;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benjamin ;   Mekonah ;   Ziklag ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ziklag;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mek'onah;   Zik'lag;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Meconah;   Simeon (1);   Ziklag;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
in Ziklag and Meconah and its surrounding villages;
Hebrew Names Version
and in Tziklag, and in Mekhonah and in the towns of it,
King James Version
And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
English Standard Version
in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,
New Century Version
in Ziklag and Meconah and its surroundings,
New English Translation
in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,
New American Standard Bible
and in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns,
World English Bible
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns of it,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in Ziklag, and in Mechonah, and in the villages thereof,
Legacy Standard Bible
and in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns,
Berean Standard Bible
in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages;
Contemporary English Version
Ziklag, Meconah,
Complete Jewish Bible
in Ziklag, in M'khonah and its villages,
Darby Translation
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its dependent villages;
Easy-to-Read Version
and in Ziklag, in Meconah and the small towns around it,
George Lamsa Translation
And in Zinklag and in Mekiah and in the villages thereof
Good News Translation
They lived in the city of Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,
Lexham English Bible
Ziklad, Meconah and its settlements,
Literal Translation
and at Ziklag; and at Mekonah, and in its daughter-villages;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& at Siclag and Mochona, and in their vyllages:
American Standard Version
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof,
Bible in Basic English
And in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its daughter-towns,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
At Siklag, and Moconah, and the villages therof:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof;
King James Version (1611)
And at Ziglag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof:
English Revised Version
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and in Sicheleg, and in Mochone, and in the vilagis therof;
Update Bible Version
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof,
Webster's Bible Translation
And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in its villages,
New King James Version
in Ziklag and Meconah and its villages;
New Living Translation
Ziklag, and Meconah with its settlements.
New Life Bible
Ziklag, Meconah and its villages,
New Revised Standard
in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah, and in the hamlets thereof,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And at Siceleg, and at Mochona, and in the villages thereof,
Revised Standard Version
in Ziklag, in Meco'nah and its villages,
Young's Literal Translation
and in Ziklag, and in Mekonah and in its small towns,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns,

Contextual Overview

20Now the rest of Israel, the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own inheritance. 21But the temple servants were living in Ophel; Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of the temple servants. 22The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from Asaph's sons, who were the singers in regard to the work of the house of God. 23For there was a command from the [Persian] king regarding the singers, as to their daily task. 24Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king's representative in all matters concerning the people. 25As for the villages with their fields, some sons (descendants) of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its towns, Dibon and its towns, and Jekabzeel and its villages, 26in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth-pelet, 27in Hazar-shual and in Beersheba and its towns, 28in Ziklag and in Meconah and its towns,29in En-rimmon, in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ziklag: Joshua 15:31, 1 Samuel 27:6

Mekonah: Probably the Mechanam which Jerome - in Beth-macha places eight miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Jerusalem.

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 4:30 - Ziklag

Cross-References

Genesis 11:2
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
Genesis 11:4
They said, "Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the LORD instructed]."
Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together to go from Ur of the Chaldeans into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran [about five hundred and fifty miles northwest of Ur], they settled there.
Genesis 15:7
And He said to him, "I am the [same] LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land as an inheritance."
Nehemiah 9:7
"You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Many of the places mentioned in these verses are mentioned in Joshua 15:27-39; Joshua 18:21-28.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 28. Mekonah — This city is also unknown.


 
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