Bible Location
Meaning: hiding; youth; worlds; upon the dead · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Alemeth was the Benjaminite priestly town also called Almon. It is important because it shows how variant names can preserve the identity of the same settlement across different biblical lists. First appears in 1 Chr 6:60.1
Place meaning
hiding; youth; worlds; upon the dead
Coordinates
31.83, 35.29
First appears
1 Chr 6:60
AI summary: Alemeth matters because small priestly towns helped sustain Israel's worship life. Its alternate naming also shows how the textual memory of places could remain stable while labels shifted.1
Place meaning
hiding; youth; worlds; upon the dead
Latitude
31.83
Longitude
35.29
Bible references
1
A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1 Chr. 6:60), called also Almon (Josh. 21:18), now Almit, a mile north-east of the ancient Anathoth. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.