Place · City
Azmaveth
Also known as Beth-azmaveth
Named in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Ezra 2:24.
In the Bible
All 2 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Ezra
- Ezra 2:24
the descendants of Azmaveth, 42;
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 12:29
from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
A town in the tribe of Judah, near Jerusalem (Neh. 12:29; Ezra 2:24).