Joshua 21:17
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
In Context
16Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
18Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
Cross References
Joshua 9:3But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
1 Chronicles 6:60And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.
Nehemiah 12:29from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
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 →