²¹Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were ^wJericho, and ^uBeth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, ²²And ^xBeth-arabah, and ^yZemaraim, and ^zBeth-el, ²³And Avim, and Parah, and ^aOphrah, ²⁴And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and ^bGaba; twelve cities with their villages: ²⁵^cGibeon, and ^dRamah, and ^eBeeroth, ²⁶And ^fMizpeh, and ^eChephirah, and Mozah, ²⁷And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, ²⁸And ^gZelah, Eleph, and ^hJebusi, which is Jerusalem, ⁱGibeath, and ^kKirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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wver. 12. ch. 2:1, &c.
uch. 15:6 (Heb.).
xSee ch. 15:6.
zch. 16:2.
a 1 Sam. 13:17. Comp. Mic. 1:10.
bch. 21:17. 1 Sam. 13:3, 16 (Heb.). Ezra 2:26. Neh. 7:30. & 11:31. Isai. 10:29.
cSee ch. 9:3.
d Judg. 4:5. & 19:13. 1 Sam. 22:6. 1 Kin. 15:17, 21. 2 Chr. 16:1, 5. Ezra 2:26. Neh. 7:30. & 11:33. Isai. 10:29. Jer. 31:15? & 40:1. Hos. 5:8. Matth. 2:18? Not as ch. 19:18, 29 or 1 Sam. 1:19.
ech. 9:17. Ezra 2:25.
f Judg. 20:1, 3. & 21:1, 5, 8. 1 Sam. 7:5, 6, 16. & 10:17. 2 Kin. 25:23? Not as Gen. 31:48 or ch. 15:38.
ech. 9:17. Ezra 2:25.
hver. 16. ch. 15:8, 63.
iSo Judg. 19:12–16. & 20:4, &c. 1 Sam. 10:26. & 11:4. & 13:15. & 14:16. & 15:34. & 22:6. 2 Sam. 21:6. & 23:29. 1 Chr. 11:31. & 12:3. Isai. 10:29. Hos. 5:8. & 9:9. & 10:9.
kComp. Ezra 2:25 (Heb.).

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y Gen. 10:18? 2 Chr. 13:4.
g 2 Sam. 21:14.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now the cities of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba—twelve cities with their villages: Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The tribe of Benjamin, according to its clans, had the following towns:

Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba—twelve towns and their villages.

Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages.

This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

These were the cities of the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans:

Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, with their settlements; Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath—fourteen cities, with their settlements.

This was the inheritance for Benjamin’s descendants by their clans.

NLTNew Living Translation

These were the towns given to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their surrounding villages. Also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zela, Haeleph, the Jebusite town (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen towns with their surrounding villages.

This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now the towns of the tribes of the descendants of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek Keziz, Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities and their villages.

Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpeh, Kephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath; fourteen cities and their villages. This is the inheritance of the descendants of Benjamin according to their families.