biz -yo -thı̄´a , biz -joth´ja ( בּזיותיה , bizyōtheyāh ; Septuagint αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν , hai kō̇mai autō̇n , literally "their villages"; the King James Version Bizjothjah , "place of Jah's olives" (Young), or "contempt of Jah" (Strong)): According to Massoretic Text, a town in the south of Judah, near Beersheba (Joshua 15:28 ). Septuagint reads "and her daughters," only one consonant of Massoretic Text being read differently; and so We, Hollenberg, Di and others The Septuagint has probably preserved the original text (compare Nehemiah 11:27 ).
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