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Anathoth (lost settlement) |
Note: Name of one of the cities given to "the children of Aaron" in the tribe of Benjamin (Joshua 21:13,18; 1 Chronicles 6:54,60). The name of this town may have been derived from a Canaanite goddess, Anat; alternatively, it may also have been named after an Israelite person (mentioned in 1 Chron 7:8, and in Nehemiah 10:19). Anathoth is mentioned as the native place of Abiezer, one of David's "thirty" (2 Samuel 23:27), and of Jehu, another of his mighty men (1 Chr. 12:3). It is perhaps best known as the home town of the prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 1:1; 29:27; 32:7-9). In 11:21-23, he delivers a prophecy of tribulation by the sword against the residents of Anathoth, who were plotting against him. Anathoth suffered greatly from the army of Sennacherib, and only 128 men returned to it from the Babylonian exile (Neh. 7:27; Ezra 2:23). |
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Anathoth (lost settlement) (P) |
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Abū Ghaush .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Yisra'el, Yerushalayim) [7001372] |
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ʻAnātā .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Aḍ Ḍaffah al Gharbīyah) [1083867] |
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