Beth-zur

How Nave’s arranged it

• A town in JudahJoshua 15:581 Chronicles 2:452 Chronicles 11:7Nehemiah 3:16

The passages, in Bible order (4)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Joshua 15:58

   Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,

   ›Commentary on Joshua 15:581 voice

   “Gedor - See the note on Jos 12:13. In this place the Alexandrian MS. of the Septuagint and the Codex Vaticanus add the eleven following towns: Theca, and Ephratha, (that is, Bethlehem), and Phagor, and Etan, and Kulon, and Tatam, and Thebes, and Karam, and Galam, and Thether, and Manocho; eleven cities and their villages. St. Jerome, on Mic 5:1, mentions them, so that we find they were in the copies he used.

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2. 1 Chronicles 2:45

   The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 2:451 voice

   “And the son of Shammai was Maon,.... Who gave name to a city in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:55 see 1Sa 23:24. and Maon was the father of Bethzur; prince of a very strong fortified city of this name in the same tribe, Jos 15:58, unless this was a son of Maon's, from whom the city had its name.

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3. 2 Chronicles 11:7

   Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

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4. Nehemiah 3:16

   Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.

   ›Commentary on Nehemiah 3:161 voice

   “The pool that was made - Calmet supposes that this was the reservoir made by Hezekiah, when besieged by Sennacherib, 2Ch 32:4. The house of the mighty - Probably a place where a band of soldiers was kept, or the city guard.

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