Topic
Ashan
6 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 15:42Smith · ISBE · Nave A Levitical city of Judah, later of Simeon
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
- Joshua 19:7Smith · ISBE · Nave A Levitical city of Judah, later of Simeon
Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
- 1 Chronicles 4:32Smith · Nave A Levitical city of Judah, later of Simeon
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
- 1 Chronicles 6:59ISBE · Nave A Levitical city of Judah, later of Simeon
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
- Joshua 21:16ISBE
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
- 1 Samuel 30:30ISBE
And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach,
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
a'-shan (`ashan): An unknown site in the domain of Judah (Jos 15:42), possessed by Simeon (Jos 19:7), and mentioned among the priests' cities in 1Ch 6:59. (44) = Jos 21:16 (`ayin is a corruption of `ashan). Chorashan (or Borashan), which was probably the site of some reservoir in the Southwest part of Judah (1Sa 30:30), is the same as Ashan.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); 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.