Giosué 21:18

18 Anatot e i suoi contorni; e Almon e i suoi contorni; quattro città.

Giosué 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.

Giosué 21:18 In-Context

16 e Ain e i suoi contorni; e Iutta e i suoi contorni; e Bet-semes e i suoi contorni; nove città di queste due tribù.

17 E della tribù di Beniamino, Ghibon e i suoi contorni; Gheba e i suoi contorni;

18 Anatot e i suoi contorni; e Almon e i suoi contorni; quattro città.

19 Tutte le città de’ figliuoli di Aaronne, sacerdoti, furono tredici città co’ lor contorni.

20 Poi le nazioni de’ figliuoli di Chehat, Leviti, cioè, il rimanente de’ figliuoli di Chehat, ebbero le città della lor sorte della tribù di Efraim.