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the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Nehemiah 11:28

and in Ziklag, and in Meconah, and in the hamlets thereof,

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 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,
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 But, the residue of Israel, the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. 21 Howbeit, the Nethinim, were dwelling in Ophel, - and, Ziha and Gishpa, were over the Nethinim. 22 And, the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem, was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, - of the sons of Asaph the singers, to take lead in the business of the house of God. 23 For, the commandment of the king, was upon them, - as to a fixed provision for the singers, the need of a day upon its day. 24 And, Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, son of Judah, was at the hand of the king, in every matter pertaining to the people. 25 And, as for the villages in their fields, some of the sons of Judah, dwelt in Kiriath-arba, and the hamlets thereof, and in Dibon, and the hamlets thereof, and in Jekabzeel, and the villages thereof; 26 and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and in Beth-pelet; 27 and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba, and the hamlets thereof; 28 and in Ziklag, and in Meconah, and in the hamlets thereof, 29 and in En-rimmmon, and 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 it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Genesis 11:4
And they said Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name, - lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:31
And Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, - and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran and dwelt there.
Genesis 15:7
And he said unto him, - I, am Yahweh, who brought thee forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Nehemiah 9:7
Thou, art Yahweh, God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, - and madest his 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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