Anathoth
AN`A-THOTH (song, poverty), i. See 1 Chron. 7:8, and Neh
10:19. ii. A Levitical city situated in the boundaries of
Benjamin four miles north of Jerusalem, Isa. 10:30; Josh,
21:18. Its ruins nave lately been discovered....
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an'-a-thoth (`anathoth; Anathoth): A town which lay between
Michmash and Jerusalem (Isa 10:30), in the territory of
Benjamin, assigned to the Levites (Josh 21:18). It was the
native place of Abiathar (1 Ki 2:26), and of the prophet Jer
(Jer 1:1; 11:21 ff, etc.). Here lay the field which, under
remarkable circumstances, the prophet purchased (J...
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1. City of refuge in Benjamin Jos 21:11; 1Ch 6:60. Abiathar confined in 1Ki 2:26.
Birthplace of Jeremiah Jer 1:1; 32:7-12. Birthplace of Abiezer 2Sa 23:27. Birthplace of
Jehu 1Ch 12:3. Prophecies against Jer 11:21-23. Inhabitants of, Babylonian captivity Ezr
2:23; Ne 7:27. 2. Son of Becher 1Ch 7:8. 3. A Jew, who returned from Babylon Ne 10:19...
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a priests' city belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, with
"suburbs." Jos 21:18; 1Ch 6:60 Anathoth lay about three miles
from Jerusalem. Isa 10:30 The cultivation of the priests
survives in tilled fields of grain, with figs and olives.
There are the remains of walls and strong foundations, and the
quarries still supply Jerusalem with building st...
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the name of one of the cities of refuge, in the tribe of Benjamin (Josh. 21:18). The Jews, as a
rule, did not change the names of the towns they found in Israel; hence this town may be
regarded as deriving its name from the goddess Anat. It was the native place of Abiezer, one of
David's "thirty" (2 Sam. 23:27), and of Jehu, another of his might...
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1. 1 Chronicles 7:8. 2. 1 Chronicles 10:19. 3. A priests' city
of Benjamin. ("echoes".) (Joshua 21:18; 1 Chronicles 6:60).
Abiathar the priest was banished thither by Solomon after his
attempt to put Adonijah on the throne (1 Kings 2:26).
Abiezer's birthplace, one of David's 30 captains (2 Samuel
23:27); Jehu's also, one of his mighties (1 Chr...
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And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to
Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou [art] worthy of
death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because
thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father,
and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father
was afflicted....
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So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the
prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me,
Buy my field, I pray thee, that [is] in Anathoth, which [is]
in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance [is]
thine, and the redemption [is] thine; buy [it] for thyself.
Then I knew that this [was] the word of th...
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And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and
Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All
their cities throughout their families [were] thirteen cities....
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