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Alemeth

Disambiguation

The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Alemeth. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr.
  2. 2.One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1 Chr.
  3. 3.A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1 Chr.

Covering.

  1. Alemeth (1)

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    One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:8).

  2. Alemeth (2)

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    One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1 Chr. 8:36).

  3. Alemeth (3)

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    A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1 Chr. 6:60), called also Almon (Josh. 21:18), now Almit, a mile north-east of the ancient Anathoth.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(covering), a Benjamite, son of Jehoadah or Jarah, (1 Chronicles 8:36; 9:42) and descended from Jonathan the son of Saul. (B.C after 1077.)

In the Bible

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Verses where Alemeth is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 6:60

    And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:8

    The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:36

    Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:42

    Ahaz was the father of Jarah; Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

Scripture on Alemeth

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Entries that reference Alemeth

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Alemeth references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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