1 Chronicles 6:60
Good News Translation
In the territory of Benjamin they were assigned the following towns with their pasture lands: Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth. This made a total of thirteen towns for all their families to live in.

New Revised Standard Version
From the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Alemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their towns throughout their families were thirteen.

Contemporary English Version
From the Benjamin tribe they were given the towns of Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth and the pastureland around them. Thirteen towns were given to Aaron's descendants.

New American Bible
Also from the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, Almon with its pasture lands, Anathoth with its pasture lands. In all, they had thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

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And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

Geba.

1 Chronicles 8:6 These are the sons of Abed, heads of families that dwelt in Gabaa, who were removed into Manahath.

Joshua 18:24 The town Emona and Ophni and Gabee: twelve cities, and their villages.

Joshua 21:17 And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,

1 Samuel 13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines which was in Gabaa. And when the Philistines had heard of it, Saul sounded the trumpet over all the land, saying: Let the Hebrews hear.

Alemeth.

Joshua 21:18 And Anathoth and Almon, with, their suburbs: four cities.

Almon.

1 Chronicles 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

called also Almon,

Joshua 21:18 And Anathoth and Almon, with, their suburbs: four cities.

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(2) A descendant of Jonathan, son of Saul.

8:36

9:42

(3) Compare Alameth.

1 Chronicles 7:8 And the sons of Bechor were Zamira, and Joas, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Amai, and Jerimoth, and Abia, and Anathoth, and Almath: all these were the sons of Bechor.

son of Becher.

Anathoth.

1 Chronicles 7:8 And the sons of Bechor were Zamira, and Joas, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Amai, and Jerimoth, and Abia, and Anathoth, and Almath: all these were the sons of Bechor.

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1 Kings 2:26 And the king said also to Abiathar, the priest: Go to Anathoth, to thy lands, for indeed thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst carry the ark of the Lord God before David, my father, and hast endured trouble in all the troubles my father endured.

Isaiah 10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim, attend, O Laisa, poor Anathoth.

Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 11:23 And there shall be no remains of them: for I will bring in evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their visitation.

Jeremiah 37:12 And when he was come to the gate of Benjamin, the captain of the gate, who was there in his turn, was one named Jerias, the son of Selemias, the son of Hananias: and he took hold of Jeremiah the prophet, saying: Thou art fleeing to the Chaldeans.

thirteen cities.

Joshua 10:2 He was exceedingly afraid. For Gabaon was a great city, and one of the royal cities, and greater than the town of Hai, and all its fighting men were most valiant.

Joshua 15:55 Maon and Carmel and Ziph and Jota,

Joshua 21:16,17 And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said. . . .

1 Chronicles 14:16 And David did as God had commanded him, and defeated the army of the Philistines, slaying them from Gabaon to Gazera.

None of the versions give the full number of names, though they all give the whole sum of thirteen; and it is probable that these two cities had been destroyed and lay in ruins when this book was written, and hence were not enumerated.

Context
Territories for the Levites
59Asan also, and Bethsames, with their suburbs. 60And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.61And to the sons of Caath that remained of their kindred they gave out of the half tribe of Manasses ten cities in possession.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:59
Asan also, and Bethsames, with their suburbs.

1 Chronicles 6:61
And to the sons of Caath that remained of their kindred they gave out of the half tribe of Manasses ten cities in possession.

Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 6:59
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