Joshua 21:18
Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs — four cities;
Young's Literal Translation
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 and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,
19all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, [are] thirteen cities and their suburbs.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:27Abiezer the Annethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
1 Chronicles 6:60And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs. All their cities [are] thirteen cities, for their families.
Isaiah 10:30Cry aloud [with] thy voice, daughter of Gallim, Give attention, Laish! answer her, 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 →