1 Chronicles 5:8

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and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:

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Num 32:34 : 34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
Num 32:38 : 38 and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
1 Chr 5:4 : 4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
Isa 15:2 : 2 They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.
Isa 17:2 : 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Ezek 25:9 : 9 therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,
Deut 32:49 : 49 Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession;
Deut 34:1 : 1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
Josh 13:17 : 17 Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Chr 5:7
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7And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
1 Chr 5:9
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9and eastward he dwelt even unto the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
1 Chr 8:3
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3And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
1 Chr 8:1
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1And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
1 Chr 5:4-5
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75%
4The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
Ezra 10:43
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43Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.
1 Chr 5:12-13
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12Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
13And their brethren of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
Num 26:40
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40And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: [of Ard], the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Num 26:38
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38The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
1 Chr 8:12-15
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72%
12And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof;
13and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' [houses] of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;
14and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
15and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
Josh 15:29
72%
29Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem,
1 Chr 1:43-44
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43Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
44And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
1 Chr 4:33
71%
33and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.
1 Chr 8:17-18
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17and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
18and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
1 Chr 7:6-8
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71%
6[ The sons of] Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
7And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
8And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
1 Chr 4:35-36
2 verses
71%
35and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
1 Chr 8:30-31
2 verses
70%
30and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
31and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.
1 Chr 8:22
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22and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,
1 Chr 27:20
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20of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the [half-] [tribe] of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
1 Chr 8:37-38
2 verses
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37And Moza begat Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
38And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
1 Chr 12:7
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7and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
1 Kgs 4:18
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18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
1 Chr 12:3
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3The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite,
1 Sam 8:2
70%
2Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
1 Chr 4:22
70%
22and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient.
1 Kgs 4:12
70%
12Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
Gen 36:32-33
2 verses
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32And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
1 Chr 4:28
70%
28And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
1 Chr 5:16-17
2 verses
70%
16And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.
17All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
1 Chr 8:20
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20and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
Num 32:3
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3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
1 Chr 7:37
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37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
1 Kgs 4:9
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9Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
1 Chr 9:8
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8and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
1 Chr 2:45
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45And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.