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Anathoth

City / town

A priestly town in the territory of Benjamin, a few miles north-east of Jerusalem. It was the home of the prophet Jeremiah, and the place where he bought a field as a sign that life would one day return to the land after the exile (Jeremiah 1:1; 32:6-15).

Where in scripture

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 1:1 — cited in the description of Anathoth

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Jeremiah 1:1

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