Anathoth

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. City of refuge in BenjaminJoshua 21:111 Chronicles 6:60
• Abiathar confined in1 Kings 2:26
• Birthplace of JeremiahJeremiah 1:1Jeremiah 32:7–12
• Birthplace of Abiezer2 Samuel 23:27
• Birthplace of Jehu1 Chronicles 12:3
• Prophecies againstJeremiah 11:21–23
• Inhabitants of, Babylonian captivityEzra 2:23Nehemiah 7:27
• 2. Son of Becher1 Chronicles 7:8
• 3. A Jew, who returned from BabylonNehemiah 10:19

The passages, in Bible order (12)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 12 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Joshua 21:11

   They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

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2. 2 Samuel 23:27

   Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:271 voice

   “Abiezer the Anethothite,.... He was of Anathoth, in the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 21:18, the birthplace of Jeremiah the prophet, Jer 1:1, Mebunnai the Hushathite; the same with Sibbecai, 1Ch 11:29; this man had two names, and was a descendant of Hushah, who came of Judah, 1Ch 4:4.

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3. 1 Kings 2:26

   Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”

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4. 1 Chronicles 6:60

   And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:601 voice

   “All their cities - were thirteen - But there are only eleven reckoned here, Gibeon and Juttah being omitted, and the names of some of the others changed. None of the versions give the full number of names, although they all give the whole sum thirteen.

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5. 1 Chronicles 7:8

   The sons of Becher:

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 7:81 voice

   “And the sons of Becher,.... Another son of Benjamin, 1Ch 7:6, Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth; the two last of these, according to Kimchi, gave names to two cities in Benjamin, built by them; Anathoth, the native place of Jeremiah the prophet, and Alameth, the same with Bahurim, 2Sa 16:5. all these are the sons of Becher; before named.

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6. 1 Chronicles 12:3

   Ahiezer their chief and Joash, who were the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite;

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7. Ezra 2:23

   the men of Anathoth, 128;

   ›Commentary on Ezra 2:231 voice

   “The men of Anathoth--It is pleasant to see so many of this Jewish town returning. It was a city of the Levites; but the people spurned Jeremiah's warning and called forth against themselves one of his severest predictions (Jer 32:27-35). This prophecy was fulfilled in the Assyrian conquest.

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8. Nehemiah 7:27

   the men of Anathoth, 128;

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9. Nehemiah 10:19

   Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

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10. Jeremiah 1:1

    These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

    ›Commentary on Jeremiah 1:12 voices

    “Compare 1Ki 2:26, 27; a stigma was cast thenceforth on the whole sacerdotal family resident there; this may be alluded to in the words here, "the priests . . . in Anathoth." God chooses "the weak, base, and despised things . . . to confound the mighty." 2, 3. Zedekiah--Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin are omitted for they reigned only three months each.

    “The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah,.... This is the general title of the whole book, and includes all his discourses, sermons, and prophecies; and designs not his own words, but the words of the Lord, which were put into his mouth, and he delivered under divine inspiration. The Septuagint version renders it, "the word of God": and the Arabic version, "the word of the Lord": the Targum, "the words of the prophecy of Jeremiah;'' who is described by his descent and parentage, "the son of Hilkiah". The Arabic version calls him Selkiah.

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11. Jeremiah 11:21–23

    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”

    ›Commentary on Jeremiah 11:21–231 voice

    “Their forbidding him to prophesy was in effect seeking his life, for it was seeking to defeat the end and business of his life and to rob him of the comfort of it. It is as bad to God's faithful ministers to have their mouth stopped as to have their breath stopped.

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12. Jeremiah 32:7–12

    Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’

    ›Commentary on Jeremiah 32:7–122 voices

    “(Version 6, 7.) And Jeremiah said: The word of the Lord came to me, saying: Behold, Anameel (also known as Anemeel), the son of Sellum (or Sallom), your cousin (which is said in Hebrew as Dodach), is coming to you, saying: Buy my field, which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption belongs to you.

    “The prohibition to sell these suburban fields (Le 25:34) applied merely to their alienating them from Levites to another tribe; so that this chapter does not contravene that prohibition. Besides, what is here meant is only the purchase of the use of the field till the year of jubilee.

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