KJV King James Version
The children also of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and [in] their villages,
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Nehemiah 11:31
The children also of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and [in] their villages,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
WEB World English Bible
The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,
ASV American Standard Version
The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And sons of Benjamin are at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 11
28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
30 Zanoah, Adullam, and [in] their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and [in] the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and [in] their villages,
32 [And] at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
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Joshua 8:9Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.Genesis 12:8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.Joshua 18:24And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:Nehemiah 7:30-32The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.1 Samuel 13:11And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and [that] thou camest not within the days appointed, and [that] the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;Joshua 18:13And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which [is] Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that [lieth] on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.Isaiah 10:28He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:1 Samuel 13:23And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
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