2 Chronicles 11:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־צָרְעָה֙ וְאֶת־אַיָּל֔וֹן וְאֶת־חֶבְר֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּיהוּדָ֖ה וּבְבִנְיָמִ֑ן עָרֵ֖י מְצֻרֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And ʾēt-ṣārə'āh and ʾēt-ʾayyālôn and ʾēt-ḥeḇrôn which in yəhūdāh and in ḇinyāmîn cities of məṣurôt

Grammar Details

*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ṣārə'āh*: proper noun, location - Zorah
*ʾayyālôn*: proper noun, location - Aijalon
*ḥeḇrôn*: proper noun, location - Hebron
*ʾăsher*: relative pronoun - which, that
*yəhūdāh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Judah
*ḇinyāmîn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Benjamin
*məṣurôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - fortresses, strongholds

Word Meanings

*məṣurôt*: fortresses, strongholds, fortified places

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Referenced Verses

Gen 23:2 : 2 And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Num 13:22 : 22 And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Josh 14:14 : 14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite unto this day; because that he wholly followed Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Josh 15:33 : 33 In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
Josh 19:41-42 : 41 And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, 42 and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah,
Josh 20:7 : 7 And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
2 Sam 2:11 : 11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

2 Chr 11:11-12
2 verses
84%
11And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine.
12And in every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
2 Chr 11:7-9
3 verses
82%
7And Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
8and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Neh 11:27-31
5 verses
78%
27and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the towns thereof,
28and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof,
29and in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,
30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
31The children of Benjamin also [dwelt] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
Josh 15:53-59
7 verses
78%
53and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
54and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,
56and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
59and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
Josh 15:35-37
3 verses
75%
35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
Josh 18:28
75%
28and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, [and] Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
2 Chr 8:5
75%
5Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
2 Chr 27:4
74%
4Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
Josh 21:11
74%
11And they gave them Kiriath-arba, [which Arba] [was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
Josh 19:35
74%
35And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Josh 15:23-25
3 verses
74%
23and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25and Hazor - hadattah, and Kerioth - hezron (the same is Hazor),
Deut 3:5
74%
5All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.
Josh 21:22
73%
22and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.
1 Chr 6:57-58
2 verses
73%
57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
58and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
Josh 15:33
73%
33In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
Josh 15:28
73%
28and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,
Neh 11:34
73%
34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Neh 11:25
73%
25And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof,
Judg 1:10
73%
10And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba); and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Josh 15:44
73%
44and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
Num 32:36
73%
36and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
Josh 18:21-22
2 verses
73%
21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz,
22and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
1 Chr 6:55
73%
55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;
Josh 15:21
73%
21And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
2 Chr 17:12
72%
12And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.
2 Chr 17:2
72%
2And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
Josh 19:37
72%
37and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
Josh 19:5
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5and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
Josh 21:15
72%
15and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
Josh 19:15
72%
15and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
2 Sam 24:7
72%
7and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba.