Nehemiah 11:31
And the children of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] in Michmash and Aija and Bethel, and their dependent villages,
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Genesis 12:8And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.
Joshua 8:9And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night among the people.
Joshua 18:22and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
1 Samuel 13:2And Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel: there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
1 Samuel 13:23And a garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
Nehemiah 7:32The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 11:21-36
The Distribution of the People. ( b. c. 444.) 20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. 21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. 22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. 23 For it was the king's commandment concerning… Read the whole commentary →