Topic
Ain
7 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 34:11Smith · Nave 2. A landmark on the northern boundary of Palestine
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
- Joshua 15:32Smith · Nave 1. A city of Simeon
And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
- Joshua 19:7Smith · Nave 1. A city of Simeon
Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
- Joshua 21:16Smith · Nave 1. A city of Simeon
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
- 1 Chronicles 4:32Smith · Nave 1. A city of Simeon
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
- 1 Chronicles 6:59Nave 1. A city of Simeon — Also called ASHAN
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
- Nehemiah 11:29Nave 1. A city of Simeon — Possibly identical with En-Rimmon
And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
- One of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine. (Numbers 34:11) It is probably ’Ain el-’Azy , the main source of the Orontes.
- One of the southernmost cities of Judah, (Joshua 15:32) afterwards allotted to Simeon, (Joshua 19:7; 1 Chronicles 4:32) and given to the priests. (Joshua 21:16)
In the topical indexes
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.