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Anathoth

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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One of the cities given to the priests, in Benjamin; identified by Robinson in Anata, some four miles north by east of Jerusalem, Joshua 21:18; 1 Chronicles 6:60 . It was the birthplace of the prophet Jeremiah, Jeremiah 1:1; 32:7 . It's people, however, rejected his words, and sought his life, Jeremiah 11:21 .

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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Anathoth'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​a/anathoth.html. 1859.
 
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