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Myles Coverdale Bible

Joshua 21:23

Of the trybe of Dan foure cities, Eltheke and ye suburbes therof, Gibthon and the suburbes therof,

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,
Easy-to-Read Version
The tribe of Dan gave them Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
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,
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 Of the trybe of the children of Iuda, and of the trybe of the children of Simeon, they gaue these cities (which they named by name) 10 vnto the children of Aaron of the kynred of the Kahathites amonge the children of Leui: for the first lot was theyrs. 11 So they gaue them Kiriatharba, which was the fathers of Enak, that is Hebron vpon the mount Iuda, and the suburbes therof rounde aboute. 12 But the felde of the cite and the vyllages therof, gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune for his possession. 13 Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron the prest, the fre cite of the deed sleyers, Hebron and the suburbes therof, Libna and the suburbes therof, 14 Iathir and the suburbes therof, Esthuma and the suburbes therof, 15 Holon and the suburbes therof, Debir and the suburbes therof, 16 Ain and the suburbes therof, Iuta and the suburbes therof, Beth Semes and the suburbes therof, euen nyne cities of these two trybes. 17 But of the trybe of Ben Iamin they gaue foure cities, Gibeon and ye suburbes therof, Gaba, and the suburbes therof, 18 Anathot and the suburbes therof, Almon and the suburbes therof:

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
Then toke Abimelech shepe and oxen, seruauntes and maydens, and gaue them vnto Abraham, and delyuered him Sara his wife agayne,
Genesis 21:21
and dwelt in ye wildernes of Pharan, and his mother toke him a wyfe out of the londe of Egipte.
Genesis 21:22
At the same tyme talked Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne with Abraham, and sayde: God is with the in all that thou doest.
Genesis 21:23
Therfore sweare now vnto me by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, ner my children, ner my childers children: but that thou shalt shewe vnto me (and to the londe wherin thou art a straunger) the same kyndnesse that I haue done vnto the.
Genesis 24:3
I maye make the sweare by ye LORDE the God of heauen and earth, that thou take no wife vnto my sonne amonge ye doughters of ye Cananites, (amonge whom I dwell)
Genesis 26:28
They sayde: We se with open eyes, that the LORDE is with the, therfore we deuysed that there shulde be an ooth betwixte vs and the, and that we wolde make a bonde with the,
Genesis 31:44
Now therfore come on, let vs make a couenaunt (I & thou) which maye be a wytnesse betwene me and the.
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, and the God of their fathers, be iudge betwene vs. And Iacob sware vnto him by the feare of his father Isaac.
Deuteronomy 6:13
but thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue, and sweare by his name.
Joshua 2:12
Sweare now then vnto me euen by the LORDE (for so moch as I haue dealte mercifully with you) that ye wyl also shewe mercy vpon my fathers house: and geue me a true token,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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

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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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