Joshua 21:18
Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
In Context
17And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;
19Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:27Abiezer the Anathothite, Sibbecai the Hushathite,
1 Chronicles 6:60And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its outskirts, and Alemeth with its outskirts, and Anathoth with its outskirts. All their towns among their families were thirteen towns.
Isaiah 10:30Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.
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 →