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Nehemiah 11:31

The descendants of the family of Benjamin from Geba lived in Micmash, Aija, Bethel, and the small towns around it,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ai;   Geba;   Michmash;   Nob;   Thompson Chain Reference - Michmash;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Michmash;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Geba;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Benjamin;   Bethel;   Judea;   Nob;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aija;   Bethel;   Geba;   Michmash;   Nob;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ai;   Aija;   Geba;   Michmash;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ai, Hai ;   Aija ;   Benjamin ;   Bethel ;   Geba ;   Michmas, Michmash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ai;   Benjamin;   Bethel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A-I'ja,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ai;   Aija;   Bethel;   Geba;   Palestine;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ai;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Benjamin;   Gibeah;   Michmash;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Benjamin’s descendants:
Hebrew Names Version
The children of Binyamin also [lived] from Geva [onward], at Mikhmash and Ayah, and at Beit-El and the towns of it,
King James Version
The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages.
English Standard Version
The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
New Century Version
The descendants of the Benjaminites from Geba lived in Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its surroundings,
New English Translation
Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
Amplified Bible
The sons (descendants) of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its towns,
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns,
World English Bible
The children of Benjamin also [lived] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and the towns of it,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Beniamin from Geba, in Michmash, and Aiia, and Beth-el, and in the villages thereof,
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns,
Berean Standard Bible
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages,
Contemporary English Version
The people of Benjamin lived in the towns of Geba, Michmash, Aija, Bethel with its nearby villages,
Complete Jewish Bible
The people of Binyamin lived from Geva onward, in Mikhmas and ‘Ayah, in Beit-El and its villages,
Darby Translation
And the children of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] in Michmash and Aija and Bethel, and their dependent villages,
George Lamsa Translation
The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Ramtha of Michmash, Ai, Beth-el, and in their villages,
Good News Translation
The people of the tribe of Benjamin lived in Geba, Michmash, Ai, Bethel and the nearby villages,
Lexham English Bible
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and their settlements,
Literal Translation
And the sons of Benjamin from Geba were at Michmash; and Aija; and Bethel, and their daughter-villages;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Ben Iamin of Gaba, dwelt at Michmas, Aia, Bethel and in their vyllages.
American Standard Version
The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
Bible in Basic English
And the children of Benjamin were living from Geba, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and its daughter-towns,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The children also of Beniamin from Geba, dwelt at Machmas, Aia, Bethel, and in their villages,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Benjamin from Geba onward, at Michmas and Aijah, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof;
King James Version (1611)
The children also of Beniamin, from Geba, dwelt at Michmash, and Aiia, and Beth-el, and in their villages:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Benjamin dwelt from Gabaa to Machmas.
English Revised Version
The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the sones of Beniamyn dwelliden in Areba, Mechynas, and Aia, and Bethel and vilagis therof;
Update Bible Version
The sons of Benjamin also [dwelt] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
Webster's Bible Translation
The children also of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and [in] their villages.
New King James Version
Also the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages;
New Living Translation
Some of the people of Benjamin lived at Geba, Micmash, Aija, and Bethel with its settlements.
New Life Bible
The sons of Benjamin lived in Geba, Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
New Revised Standard
The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Benjamin, dwelt from Geba, to Michmas and Aija, and Bethel, and the hamlets thereof:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Benjamin, from Geba, at Mechmas, and at Hai, and at Bethel, and in the villages thereof,
Revised Standard Version
The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Ai'ja, Bethel and its villages,
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Benjamin [are] at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,
THE MESSAGE
The Benjaminites from Geba lived in: Micmash Aijah Bethel and its suburbs Anathoth Nob and Ananiah Hazor Ramah and Gittaim Hadid, Zeboim, and Neballat Lod and Ono and the Valley of the Craftsmen. Also some of the Levitical groups of Judah were assigned to Benjamin.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns,

Contextual Overview

20 The other Israelites, and the other priests and Levites, lived in all the towns of Judah. Everyone lived on the land that their ancestors had owned. 21 The Temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel. Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of the Temple servants. 22 The officer over the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi. Uzzi was the son of Bani (the son of Hashabiah, who was the son of Mattaniah, who was the son of Mica). Uzzi was a descendant of Asaph. Asaph's descendants were the singers who were responsible for the service in God's Temple. 23 The singers obeyed orders from the king, which told them what to do from day to day. 24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel told the people what the king wanted done. (Meshezabel was one of the descendants of Zerah. Zerah was Judah's son.) 25 The people of Judah lived in these towns: In Kiriath Arba and the small towns around it, in Dibon and the small towns around it, in Jekabzeel and the small towns around it, 26 and in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth Pelet, 27 in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and the small towns around it, 28 and in Ziklag, in Meconah and the small towns around it, 29 and in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

from Geba: or, of Geba, Nehemiah 7:30, Gaba, Joshua 18:24

at Michmash: or, to Michmash, Nehemiah 7:31, Michmas, 1 Samuel 13:11, 1 Samuel 13:23, Isaiah 10:28

Aija: Nehemiah 7:32, Ai, Genesis 12:8, Hai, Joshua 8:9, Ai, Beth-el, Genesis 28:19, Joshua 18:13

Reciprocal: Joshua 7:2 - to Ai Nehemiah 12:29 - Geba

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
The land where the Canaanites lived went from Sidon down along the coast to Gerar and from Gaza as far east as Sodom and Gomorrah and from Admah and Zeboiim as far north as Laish.
Genesis 11:2
Then people began to move from the East. They found a plain in the land of Babylonia and stayed there to live.
Genesis 11:3
Then they said to each other, "Let's make some bricks of clay and bake them in the fire." Then they used these bricks as stones, and they used tar as mortar.
Genesis 11:4
Then the people said, "Let's build ourselves a city and a tower that will reach to the sky. Then we will be famous. This will keep us together so that we will not be scattered all over the earth."
Genesis 11:5
Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower.
Genesis 11:26
After Terah was 70 years old, his sons Abram, Nahor, and Haran were born.
Genesis 11:28
Haran died in his hometown, Ur of Babylonia, while his father Terah was still alive.
Genesis 12:4
So Abram left Haran just like the Lord said, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.
Genesis 15:7
He said to Abram, "I am the Lord who led you from Ur of Babylonia. I did this so that I could give you this land. You will own this land."
Genesis 24:10
The servant took ten of Abraham's camels and left that place. The servant carried with him many different kinds of beautiful gifts. He went to Mesopotamia, to Nahor's city.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The children also of Benjamin, from Geba, dwelt at Michmash,.... Geba was a city on the southern border of Benjamin, Joshua 18:24 and Michmash on the northern, of which see 1 Samuel 13:2 in this and the four following verses are the names of several cities in the tribe of Benjamin, inhabited by the men of that tribe, as Alia, the same with Ai, that lay on the east of Bethel, here also mentioned, see Joshua 7:2 Anathoth, the birth place of Jeremiah the prophet, Jeremiah 1:1. Nob, a city of the priests, 1 Samuel 21:1. Ananiah is nowhere else mentioned; Hazor is to be distinguished from another of this name in the tribe of Naphtali, Joshua 19:36. Ramah, a place well known in Benjamin, Joshua 18:25. Gittaim, of which see 2 Samuel 4:3. Hadid, the same with Adida, which lay in a plain,

"Simon also set up Adida in Sephela, and made it strong with gates and bars.'' (1 Maccabees 12:38)

Zeboim, a valley of this name, is read in 1 Samuel 13:18. Neballat we read of nowhere else; of Lod and Ono, see 1 Chronicles 8:12 and the valley of craftsmen, or Chorasin, 1 Chronicles 4:14.

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 31. Geba — Probably the same as Gibeah of Saul.


 
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