1 Kings 4:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Baana 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;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּֽעֲנָא֙ בֶּן־אֲחִיל֔וּד תַּעְנַ֖ךְ וּמְגִדּ֑וֹ וְכָל־בֵּ֣ית שְׁאָ֡ן אֲשֶׁר֩ אֵ֨צֶל צָרְתַ֜נָה מִתַּ֣חַת לְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל מִבֵּ֤ית שְׁאָן֙ עַ֚ד אָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה עַ֖ד מֵעֵ֥בֶר לְיָקְמֳעָֽם׃

Transliteration

Baʿănāʾ son-of-ʾĂḥîlûd Taʿnak and-Məgiddô and-all-Bêt Šəʾān which beside Ṣārətānāh from-beneath to-Yizrəʿeʾl, from-Bêt Šəʾān until ʾĀbēl Məḥôlāh until from-beyond to-Yāqmŏʿām

Grammar Details

*Baʿănāʾ*: proper noun - Baana
*ʾĂḥîlûd*: proper noun - Ahilud
*Taʿnak*: proper noun - Taanach
*Məgiddô*: proper noun - Megiddo
*Bêt Šəʾān*: proper noun - Beth-shean
*Ṣārətānāh*: proper noun - Zarethan
*Yizrəʿeʾl*: proper noun - Jezreel
*ʾĀbēl Məḥôlāh*: proper noun - Abel-meholah
*Yāqmŏʿām*: proper noun - Jokmeam

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Referenced Verses

Josh 17:11 : 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
Judg 5:19 : 19 The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.
1 Kgs 19:16 : 16 and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
Josh 3:16 : 16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
2 Kgs 23:29-30 : 29 In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and [Pharaoh-necoh] slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
1 Chr 6:68 : 68 and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs,
1 Sam 31:10 : 10 And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
1 Sam 31:12 : 12 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
1 Kgs 7:46 : 46 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Kgs 4:9-11
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75%
9Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
10Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him [pertained] Socoh, and all the land of Hepher);
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1 Kgs 4:16
75%
16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
1 Kgs 4:13-14
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73%
13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; [even] to him [pertained] the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars);
14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
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 7:29
71%
29and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
Josh 19:44
70%
44and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
1 Chr 5:12
70%
12Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
Josh 17:11
70%
11And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
1 Chr 5:8
70%
8and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
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.
Josh 15:56
69%
56and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
1 Chr 4:31
69%
31and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
1 Chr 8:30-31
2 verses
69%
30and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
31and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.
Josh 12:21-22
2 verses
69%
21the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
1 Chr 12:3
68%
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 Chr 27:28
68%
28and over the olive-trees and the sycomore-trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
1 Chr 11:33
68%
33Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
1 Chr 11:30
68%
30Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
2 Sam 23:29
68%
29Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
2 Sam 4:2
68%
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1 Chr 8:4
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Judg 1:27
68%
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1 Chr 5:16-17
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68%
16And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.
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1 Chr 8:23
68%
23and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
Josh 12:5
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5and ruled in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
2 Sam 23:32
68%
32Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
Josh 19:26-27
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68%
26and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
27and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,
Josh 13:11
67%
11and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;
1 Chr 9:36
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36and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
1 Kgs 4:18
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18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
Josh 11:2
67%
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Gen 36:39
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39And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
1 Kgs 9:18
67%
18and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,
1 Chr 11:46
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1 Chr 2:54
67%
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Josh 19:19
67%
19and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
1 Chr 5:5
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5Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
2 Chr 16:4
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4And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store - cities of Naphtali.
Num 21:19
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19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
1 Sam 30:27
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27To them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir,
Josh 15:24
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24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
1 Chr 2:14
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14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
2 Sam 8:16
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