One of the cities given to the priests, in Benjamin; identified by Robinson in Anata, some four miles north by east of Jerusalem, Joshua 21:18; 1 Chronicles 6:60 . It was the birthplace of the prophet Jeremiah, Jeremiah 1:1; 32:7 . It's people, however, rejected his words, and sought his life, Jeremiah 11:21 .
Although written in 1859 by William Rand, this dictionary of the Bible from the American Tract Society is still relevant today.Wikipedia
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