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Anathoth

Jeremiah's hometown — a priestly city in Benjamin

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Iron Age pottery has been found at the site near modern Anata. It lines up with the biblical descriptions of Jeremiah's hometown.

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A priestly city in the territory of Benjamin, about three miles northeast of Jerusalem. Best known as the hometown of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1). It was also the city where Solomon banished the priest Abiathar (1 Kings 2:26). The town appears in lists of Levitical cities and among the settlements repopulated after the Babylonian exile.

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Geba Gibeah Bethel Gibeon Ai Ramah Mizpah Nob

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