1 Kings 4:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;

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Referenced Verses

Josh 24:33 : 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Ephraim.
Judg 17:1 : 1 And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
Judg 19:1 : 1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 4:4
76%
4and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.
1 Chr 8:5-6
2 verses
75%
5and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
6And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' [houses] of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:
1 Chr 2:19-20
2 verses
72%
19And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bare him Hur.
20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.
1 Chr 4:1
71%
1The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
1 Kgs 4:9-10
2 verses
71%
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);
1 Chr 2:50
70%
50These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
Num 26:38-39
2 verses
68%
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;
39of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
Gen 46:21
67%
21And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
1 Chr 7:12
67%
12Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.
1 Chr 7:10
67%
10And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
Exod 31:2
67%
2See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
1 Chr 7:37
66%
37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
Neh 7:53
66%
53the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
1 Chr 24:23
66%
23And the sons [of Hebron]: Jeriah [the chief], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
Ezra 2:51
66%
51the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
1 Chr 9:4
66%
4Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.
Neh 3:9
66%
9And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.
1 Chr 7:20
66%
20And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
1 Chr 4:36
65%
36and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
1 Chr 12:5
65%
5Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
1 Chr 11:35
65%
35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
1 Chr 7:6-8
3 verses
65%
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 5:24
65%
24And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.
Num 26:35-36
2 verses
65%
35These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
36And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
1 Chr 11:32
65%
32Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
1 Chr 8:17
65%
17and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
1 Kgs 4:18
65%
18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
1 Chr 8:23
65%
23and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
Neh 7:24
65%
24The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.
1 Chr 27:14
65%
14The eleventh [captain] for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chr 5:14
64%
14These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
1 Chr 25:4
64%
4Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
1 Chr 8:1
64%
1And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
Neh 10:12
64%
12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
Exod 35:30
64%
30And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
Neh 10:5
64%
5Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
1 Chr 12:3
64%
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 24:27
64%
27The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
Ezra 10:35
64%
35Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
Neh 10:17
64%
17Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
1 Chr 27:10
64%
10The seventh [captain] for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chr 7:31
64%
31And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
1 Chr 14:5
64%
5and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet,