Anathoth
Where Anathoth sits on the map, and the 18 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Ras el Kharruba
- Coordinates
- 31.8075, 35.2576
- Mentions
- 18 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
18 verses, in biblical order.
Joshua
- Joshua 21:18
and Anathoth, and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 23:27
Abiezer from Anathoth, Mebunnai from Hushah,
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 2:26
Also, the king said to Abiathar, the priest: “Go into Anathoth, to your own land, for you are a man worthy of death. But I will not put you to death this day, since you carried the ark of the Lord God before David, my father, and since you have endured hardship in all the things, for which my father labored.”
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 6:60
And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its suburbs, and Alemeth with its suburbs, as well as Anathoth with its suburbs. All the cities throughout their kindred were thirteen.
- 1 Chronicles 11:28
Ira, the son of Ikkesh, a Tekoite; Abiezer, an Anathothite;
- 1 Chronicles 12:3
the leader was Ahiezer, with Joash, sons of Shemaah from Gibeah, and Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah and Jehu, from Anathoth.
- 1 Chronicles 27:12
The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer, an Anathothite from the sons of Benjamin; and in his company there were twenty-four thousand.
Ezra
- Ezra 2:23
The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 7:27
The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
- Nehemiah 11:32
to Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 10:30
Neigh with your voice, daughter of Gallim; pay attention, Laishah, impoverished woman of Anathoth.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
- Jeremiah 11:21
“Because of this, thus says the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who are seeking your life, and who are saying: ‘You shall not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and you shall not die by our hands.’
- Jeremiah 11:23
And there will be nothing left of them. For I will lead an evil over the men of Anathoth: the year of their visitation.”
- Jeremiah 29:27
And now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesies to you?
- Jeremiah 32:7
Behold, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your cousin, will come to you, saying: ‘Buy for yourself my field, which is in Anathoth. For it is your right, as next of kin, to buy it.’
- Jeremiah 32:8
And in accord with the word of the Lord, Hanamel, the son of my uncle, came to me, to the entrance of the prison, and he said to me: ‘Take possession of my field, which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. For the right of inheritance is yours, and as the next of kin you may possess it.’ Then I understood that this was the word of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 32:9
And I bought the field, which is in Anathoth, from Hanamel, the son of my uncle. And I weighed out the money to him, seven small coins and ten pieces of silver.