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Residents Outside Jerusalem

Nehemiah 11:31

In 11 translations

BSB
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
KJV
The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages,from: or, ofat: or, to
WEB
The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,
ASV
The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
LSV
And sons of Benjamin [are] at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,
YLT
And sons of Benjamin [are] at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,
DBY
And the children of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] in Michmash and Aija and Bethel, and their dependent villages,
DRC
And the children of Benjamin, from Geba, at Mechmas, and at Hai, and at Bethel, and in the villages thereof,
GNV
And the sonnes of Beniamin from Geba, in Michmash, and Aiia, and Beth-el, and in the villages thereof,
JPS
And the children of Benjamin from Geba onward, at Michmas and Aijah, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof;
LXXE
And the children of Benjamin dwelt from Gabaa to Machmas.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּבְנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן מִגָּ֑בַע מִכְמָ֣שׂ וְעַיָּ֔ה וּבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃
LXX-Br21:31
Καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Βενιαμὶν ἀπὸ Γαβαὰ Μαχμάς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
  • Nehemiah 7:30–32the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; the men of Michmash, 122; the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
  • Isaiah 10:28Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
  • Genesis 12:8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
  • Joshua 18:13From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
  • Joshua 18:24Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
  • 1 Samuel 13:11“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
  • Joshua 8:9So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
  • 1 Samuel 13:23And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

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