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Revised Standard Version

Nehemiah 11:31

The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Ai'ja, Bethel and its villages,

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,
Easy-to-Read Version
The descendants of the family of Benjamin from Geba lived in Micmash, Aija, Bethel, and the small towns around it,
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,
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 And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his inheritance. 21 But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants. 22 The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, son of Hashabi'ah, son of Mattani'ah, son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the work of the house of God. 23 For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required. 24 And Pethahi'ah the son of Meshez'abel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. 25 And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kir'iath-ar'ba and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekab'zeel and its villages, 26 and in Jeshua and in Mola'dah and Beth-pelet, 27 in Ha'zar-shu'al, in Beer-sheba and its villages, 28 in Ziklag, in Meco'nah and its villages, 29 in En-rim'mon, 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
And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomor'rah, Admah, and Zeboi'im, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 11:2
And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Genesis 11:3
And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."
Genesis 11:5
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built.
Genesis 11:26
When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:28
Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chalde'ans.
Genesis 12:4
So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
Genesis 15:7
And he said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chalde'ans, to give you this land to possess."
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose, and went to Mesopota'mia, to the city of Nahor.

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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