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Sunday, August 24th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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New Living Translation

Nehemiah 11:28

Ziklag, and Meconah with its settlements.

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,
Amplified Bible
in Ziklag and in Meconah and its towns,
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 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

20 The other priests, Levites, and the rest of the Israelites lived wherever their family inheritance was located in any of the towns of Judah. 21 The Temple servants, however, whose leaders were Ziha and Gishpa, all lived on the hill of Ophel. 22 The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, a descendant of Asaph, whose family served as singers at God's Temple. 23 Their daily responsibilities were carried out according to the terms of a royal command. 24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the royal adviser in all matters of public administration. 25 As for the surrounding villages with their open fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba with its settlements, Dibon with its settlements, and Jekabzeel with its villages. 26 They also lived in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth-pelet, 27 Hazar-shual, Beersheba with its settlements, 28 Ziklag, and Meconah with its settlements. 29 They also lived in En-rimmon, Zorah, 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
As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let's build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world."
Genesis 11:31
One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram's wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran's child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.
Genesis 15:7
Then the Lord told him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession."
Nehemiah 9:7
"You are the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and renamed him 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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