Anathoth
아나돗
Named at 1 Kings 2:26, where the king says to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the Lord GOD’s ark before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.” The Korean Revised Version reads 네 고향 아나돗으로, calling Anathoth Abiathar’s home town (고향). Jeremiah 1:1 says, “The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.” Jeremiah 32:7–9, in Jeremiah’s first-person telling, gives the LORD’s word to him, “Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, ‘Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it’”, Hanamel’s words when he came to Jeremiah in the court of the guard, “Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin”, and “I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.”
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- 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp
54Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;
56but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
58Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
59Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands;
60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- 1KI 2:26–27, engwebp
26To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the Lord GOD’s ark before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.”
27So Solomon thrust Abiathar out from being priest to the LORD, that he might fulfill the LORD’s word which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
- EZR 2:21–35, engwebp
21The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
22The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
23The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
24The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
25The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
26The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
27The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
28The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
29The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
30The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
31The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
32The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
33The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
34The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
35The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
- ISA 10:28–32, engwebp
28He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.
29They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
31Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
- JER 1:1–3, engwebp
1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
2The LORD’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
- JER 29:24–32, engwebp
24Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
25“The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
26“The LORD has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the LORD’s house, for every man who is crazy and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
27Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
28because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long. Build houses, and dwell in them. Plant gardens, and eat their fruit?”’”
29Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.
30Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
31“Send to all of the captives, saying, ‘The LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: “Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn’t send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie,”
32therefore the LORD says, “Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his offspring. He will not have a man to dwell among this people. He won’t see the good that I will do to my people,” says the LORD, “because he has spoken rebellion against the LORD.”’”
- JER 32:6–15, engwebp
6Jeremiah said, “The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
7‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.”’”
8“So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the LORD’s word, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours. Buy it for yourself.’ “Then I knew that this was the LORD’s word.
9I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
10I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him.
11So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;
12and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.
13“I commanded Baruch before them, saying,
14the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days.’
15For the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Houses and fields and vineyards will yet again be bought in this land.’
- NEH 7:25–38, engwebp
25The children of Gibeon: ninety-five.
26The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred eighty-eight.
27The men of Anathoth: one hundred twenty-eight.
28The men of Beth Azmaveth: forty-two.
29The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred forty-three.
30The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred twenty-one.
31The men of Michmas: one hundred twenty-two.
32The men of Bethel and Ai: one hundred twenty-three.
33The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two.
34The children of the other Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
35The children of Harim: three hundred twenty.
36The children of Jericho: three hundred forty-five.
37The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: seven hundred twenty-one.
38The children of Senaah: three thousand nine hundred thirty.
- NEH 11:31–36, engwebp
31The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,
32at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
36Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah settled in Benjamin’s territory.
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Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Anathoth” by name and 11 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Ras el Kharruba (confidence 420 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event. 2 other identifications are listed too.
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- Ras el Kharruba
OpenBible.info confidence 420 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.80752, 35.25758
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Anathoth” (CC BY 4.0) - Anata
OpenBible.info confidence 216 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.81319, 35.26187
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Anathoth” (CC BY 4.0) - Khirbet Deir es Sidd
OpenBible.info confidence 105 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.81092, 35.2756
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Anathoth” (CC BY 4.0)
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To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the Lord GOD’s ark before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.”
and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
The men of Anathoth: one hundred twenty-eight.
at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.”’”
“So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the LORD’s word, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours. Buy it for yourself.’ “Then I knew that this was the LORD’s word.
I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Anathoth (place-anathoth) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/anathoth Current wording: Named at 1 Kings 2:26, where the king says to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the Lord GOD’s ark before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.” The Korean Revised Version reads 네 고향 아나돗으로, calling Anathoth Abiathar’s home town (고향). Jeremiah 1:1 says, “The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.” Jeremiah 32:7–9, in Jeremiah’s first-person telling, gives the LORD’s word to him, “Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, ‘Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it’”, Hanamel’s words when he came to Jeremiah in the court of the guard, “Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin”, and “I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.” Cited evidence: 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp / 1KI 2:26–27, engwebp / EZR 2:21–35, engwebp / ISA 10:28–32, engwebp / JER 1:1–3, engwebp / JER 29:24–32, engwebp / JER 32:6–15, engwebp / NEH 7:25–38, engwebp (and 1 more of 9) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.