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World English Bible

Nehemiah 11:28

and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns of it,

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,
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,
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 residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance. 21 But the Nethinim lived in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim. 22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of the house of God. 23 For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required. 24 Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. 25 As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and the towns of it, and in Dibon and the towns of it, and in Jekabzeel and the villages of it, 26 and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet, 27 and in Hazar-shual, and in Beersheba and the towns of it, 28 and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns of it, 29 and in En-rimmon, 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
It happened, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they lived there.
Genesis 11:4
They said, "Come, let's build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran, and lived there.
Genesis 15:7
He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."
Nehemiah 9:7
You are Yahweh the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of 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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