Joshua 21:18
Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
In Context
17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
19All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:27Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
1 Chronicles 6:60And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
Isaiah 10:30Cry aloud with thy voice, O daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laishah! O thou poor Anathoth!
Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:10-43
9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to… Read the whole commentary →