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Joshua 18:21–28

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Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
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From verse 21

  1. Joshua 18:12Rank 1 from verse 21
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    12And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

  2. Joshua 15:6Rank 2 from verse 21
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    6And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

  3. Joshua 18:19Rank 3 from verse 21
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    19And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.

  4. Joshua 2:1Rank 4 from verse 21
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    1AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

  5. Joshua 6:1Rank 5 from verse 21
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    1NOW Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

From verse 22

  1. 1 Kings 12:29–32Rank 1 from verse 22
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    29And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

    30And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

    31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

    32And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.

  2. 2 Chronicles 13:4Rank 2 from verse 22
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    4¶ And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

  3. Genesis 10:18Rank 3 from verse 22
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    18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

  4. Joshua 15:6Rank 4 from verse 22
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    6And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

  5. Joshua 18:18Rank 5 from verse 22
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    18And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:

From verse 23

  1. 1 Samuel 13:17Rank 1 from verse 23
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    17¶ And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

From verse 24

  1. Ezra 2:26Rank 1 from verse 24
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    26The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.

  2. Isaiah 10:29Rank 2 from verse 24
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    29They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

  3. Joshua 21:17Rank 3 from verse 24
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    17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

  4. Nehemiah 7:30Rank 4 from verse 24
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    30The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.

From verse 25

  1. Joshua 9:17Rank 1 from verse 25
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    17And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

  2. 1 Kings 3:4–5Rank 2 from verse 25
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    4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

    5¶ In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

  3. 1 Kings 9:2Rank 3 from verse 25
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    2That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

  4. 1 Samuel 1:1Rank 4 from verse 25
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    1NOW there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

  5. Isaiah 28:21Rank 5 from verse 25
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    21For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

From verse 26

  1. Ezra 2:25Rank 1 from verse 26
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    25The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.

  2. Joshua 9:17Rank 2 from verse 26
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    17And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

  3. Judges 10:17Rank 3 from verse 26
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    17Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.

From verse 28

  1. 2 Samuel 21:14Rank 1 from verse 28
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    14And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

  2. Joshua 15:8Rank 2 from verse 28
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    8And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

  3. 1 Samuel 10:26Rank 3 from verse 28
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    26¶ And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

  4. 1 Samuel 13:15–16Rank 4 from verse 28
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    15And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

    16And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

  5. 2 Samuel 5:8Rank 5 from verse 28
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    8And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

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Joshua 18:21

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tribe

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A body of people descended from a common ancestor, especially one of the divisions of Israel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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families

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Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.

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Joshua 18:24

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villages

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Small settlements or groups of dwellings, commonly unwalled and associated with nearby cities, fields, or country districts.

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Joshua 18:28

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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villages

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Small settlements or groups of dwellings, commonly unwalled and associated with nearby cities, fields, or country districts.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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inheritance

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A possession, portion, or heritage received by descent, allotment, promise, or divine gift.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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families

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Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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20And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.

21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

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22And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

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23And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

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24And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

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25Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

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26And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

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27And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

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28And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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