Josué 21:18

18 Anatote e seus arrabaldes, Almom e seus arrabaldes; quatro cidades.

Josué 21:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:18

Anathoth with her suburbs
This is not mentioned among the cities of Benjamin, ( Joshua 18:11-28 ) ; it was the native place of the Prophet Jeremiah, (See Gill on Jeremiah 1:1); it lay about two or three miles north of Jerusalem; three, says, Jerom ^F11. Rauwolff ^F12 speaks of it as a small village, when he travelled into those parts, and as lying on a height or eminence, and which was within twenty furlongs of Jerusalem, as Josephus writes ^F13: and Almon with her suburbs;
this also is not mentioned among the cities of Benjamin, ( Joshua 18:11-28 ) ; it is called Alemeth, ( 1 Chronicles 6:60 ) . Jarchi and Kimchi say it is the same with Bahurim, ( 2 Samuel 3:16 ) ; where the Targum renders it by Almeth, and both words signify the same thing, "youth": four cities;
which were a large number for so small a tribe as little Benjamin to give.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. H.
F12 Travels, par. 3. c. 2. p. 216.
F13 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 7. sect. 3.

Josué 21:18 In-Context

16 Aim e seus arrabaldes, Jutá e seus arrabaldes, Bete-Semes e seus arrabaldes; nove cidades dessas duas tribos.

17 E da tribo de Benjamim, Gibeão e seus arrabaldes, Geba e seus arrabaldes,

18 Anatote e seus arrabaldes, Almom e seus arrabaldes; quatro cidades.

19 Todas as cidades dos sacerdotes, filhos de Arão, foram treze cidades e seus arrabaldes.

20 As famílias dos filhos de Coate, levitas, isto é, os demais filhos de Coate, receberam as cidades da sua sorte; da tribo de Efraim