Joshua 21:18
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
Anathoth with her suburbs,.... This is not mentioned among the cities of Benjamin, Joshua 18:11; it was the native place of the Prophet Jeremiah, See Gill on "Jeremiah 1:1"; it lay about two or three miles north of Jerusalem; three, says, Jerom {k}. Rauwolff {l} speaks of it as a small village, when he travelled into those parts, and as lying on a height or eminence, and which was within twenty furlongs of Jerusalem, as Josephus writes {m}:
and Almon with her suburbs; this also is not mentioned among the cities of Benjamin, Joshua 18:11; it is called Alemeth, 1 Chronicles 6:60. Jarchi and Kimchi say it is the same with Bahurim, 2 Samuel 3:16; where the Targum renders it by Almeth, and both words signify the same thing, "youth":
four cities; which were a large number for so small a tribe as little Benjamin to give.
{k} De loc. Heb. fol. 88. H.
{l} Travels, par. 3. c. 2. p. 216.
{m} Antiqu. l. 10. c. 7. sect. 3.