Joshua 21:18
Anathoth, and Almon. Those cities were in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Benjamin.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
In Context
17The Kohath clan was also allotted these four cities: Gibeon, Geba,
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:27Abiezer, from Anathoth city; Mebunnai whose other name was Sibbecai, from Hushah’s clan;
1 Chronicles 6:60They were also allotted Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth cities from the tribe of Benjamin. Altogether, these clans descended from Kohath were allotted 13 towns.
Isaiah 10:30You people of Gallim town will cry out for help. You will shout to the people of Laish city near Jerusalem to warn them! The people of Anathoth town will suffer a lot.
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 →