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Joshua 21:23

The tribe of Dan gave them Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Eltekeh;   Gibbethon;   Levites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gibbethon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Eltekeh;   Gibbethon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Eltekeh;   Gibbethon;   Kohath;   Levi;   Nadab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elteke;   Gibbethon;   Joshua, the Book of;   Kohathites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elteke;   Gibbethon;   Joshua;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Ramoth;   Suburb;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eltekeh ;   Gibbethon ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Levites ;   Refuge, Cities of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gibbethon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - El-Tekeh;   Gib'bethon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elteke;   Gibbethon;   Naphtali;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dan;   Levi ;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From the tribe of Dan they gave:
Hebrew Names Version
Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbeton with its suburbs,
King James Version
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
Lexham English Bible
From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its pasturelands, Gibbethon and its pasturelands,
English Standard Version
and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,
New Century Version
The tribe of Dan gave them Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
New English Translation
From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
Amplified Bible
From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
New American Standard Bible
And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbes, Gibethon with her suburbes,
Legacy Standard Bible
From the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
Complete Jewish Bible
Out of the tribe of Dan: Elt'ke with its surrounding open land, Gib'ton with its surrounding open land,
Darby Translation
and out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
George Lamsa Translation
And out of the tribe of Dan, Ethleka with its suburbs, Gibethen with its suburbs,
Good News Translation
From the territory of Dan they were given four cities: Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
Literal Translation
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its open lands, Gibbethon and its open lands,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of the trybe of Dan foure cities, Eltheke and ye suburbes therof, Gibthon and the suburbes therof,
American Standard Version
And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
Bible in Basic English
And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon with their grass-lands;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And out of ye tribe of Dan, Elthec with her suburbes, Gabethon with her suburbes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with the open land about it, Gibbethon with the open land about it;
King James Version (1611)
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibethon with her suburbs,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the tribe of Dan, Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its suburbs:
English Revised Version
And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs;
Berean Standard Bible
From the tribe of Dan they were given Elteke, Gibbethon,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`foure citees; also of the lynage of Dan, Helthece, and Gebethon, and Haialon,
Young's Literal Translation
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
Update Bible Version
And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
Webster's Bible Translation
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
World English Bible
Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
New King James Version
and from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common-land, Gibbethon with its common-land,
New Living Translation
The following towns and pasturelands were allotted to the priests from the tribe of Dan: Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
New Life Bible
From the family of Dan were given Eletke with its fields, Gibbethon with its fields,
New Revised Standard
Out of the tribe of Dan: Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke, with her pasture land, - Gibbethon, with her pasture land;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And of he tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon,
Revised Standard Version
and out of the tribe of Dan, El'teke with its pasture lands, Gib'bethon with its pasture lands,
THE MESSAGE
From the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, all with their pastures—four towns.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
From the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,

Contextual Overview

9 These are the names of the towns that were in the areas that belonged to Judah and Simeon. 10 The first choice of towns was given to the Levites from the Kohath family group. 11 They gave them Kiriath Arba. (This is Hebron. It was named for a man named Arba. Arba was the father of Anak.) They also gave them some land near the town for their animals. 12 But the fields and the small towns around the city of Kiriath Arba belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh. 13 So they gave the city of Hebron to Aaron's descendants. (Hebron was a city of safety.) They also gave Aaron's descendants the towns of Libnah, 14 Jattir, Eshtemoa, 15 Holon, Debir, 16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh. They also gave them some of the land near these towns for their animals. These two tribes gave them nine towns. 17 They also gave Aaron's descendants cities that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. These cities were Gibeon, Geba, 18 Anathoth, and Almon. They gave them these four towns and some of the land near the towns for their animals.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Eltekeh: Joshua 19:44, Joshua 19:45

Gibbethon: Probably the Gabatha mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome, as situated in the south of Judah, 12 miles from Eleutheropolis, where the prophet Habakkuk's sepulchre was shown.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 15:27 - Gibbethon 1 Kings 16:15 - And the people were encamped

Cross-References

Genesis 20:14
So Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham. Abimelech also gave Abraham some sheep, cattle, and slaves.
Genesis 21:21
His mother found a wife for him in Egypt. They continued to live in the Paran desert.
Genesis 21:22
Then Abimelech and Phicol spoke with Abraham. Phicol was the commander of Abimelech's army. They said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.
Genesis 21:23
So make a promise to me here before God. Promise that you will be fair with me and with my children. Promise that you will be kind to me and this country where you have lived. Promise that you will be as kind to me as I have been to you."
Genesis 24:3
Now I want you to make a promise to me. Promise to me before the Lord , the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry a girl from Canaan. We live among these people, but don't let him marry a Canaanite girl.
Genesis 26:28
They answered, "Now we know that the Lord is with you. We think that we should make an agreement. We want you to make a promise to us.
Genesis 31:44
So I am ready to make an agreement with you. We will set up a pile of stones to show that we have an agreement."
Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their ancestors judge us guilty if we break this agreement." Jacob's father, Isaac, called God "Fear." So Jacob used that name to make the promise.
Deuteronomy 6:13
Respect the Lord your God and serve only him. You must use only his name to make promises.
Joshua 2:12
So now, I want you to make a promise to me. I was kind to you and helped you. So promise me before the Lord that you will be kind to my family. Please tell me that you will do this.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs,....

:-;

Gibbethon with her suburbs, :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of the cities of the non-priestly Kohathites, for Kibzaim we find Jokmeam in 1 Chronicles 6:68. This is perhaps another name for the same place, since both names may be derived from roots having a similar meaning; and for Gath-rimmon in 1 Chronicles 6:70, Bileam is given, and probably correctly; Gath-rimmon having apparently been repeated inadvertently from the preceding verse. Bileam is but another form of Ibleam Joshua 17:11.


 
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