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Place · Benjamin · modern Anata, West Bank

Anathoth

Anathoth was a Levitical city in the territory of Benjamin, known as the hometown of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1).

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Where Anathoth appears

3 passages across 2 books.

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Passages set in Anathoth

  • 1Kgs 2:26 — And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the
  • Jer 1:1 — The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
  • Jer 11:21 — Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand: