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    Eltekeh

    אֶלְתְּקֵא

    Eltekeh, a city in Dan's territory that was later given to the Levites.

    Where the story of Eltekeh happensWhere the gazetteer locates Eltekeh, framed to them: Eltekeh. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Eltekeh
    Where the gazetteer locates Eltekeh
    verses
    2
    first named
    Joshua 19:44
    last named
    Joshua 21:23
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.89°N · 34.77°E
    settlement31.89°N · 34.77°E

    Tel Shalaf (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Eltekeh in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Eltekeh, also spelled Elteke, was a city allotted to the tribe of Dan during the division of the Promised Land (Joshua 19:44). It was one of the cities in the western foothills of Judah, near the border with the coastal plain.

    Later, Eltekeh was designated as one of the cities given to the Levites, specifically to the descendants of Kohath (Joshua 21:23). The Levites, who were not given a specific territory, were distributed among the other tribes and given cities to live in, along with pasturelands for their flocks.

    Apart from its allocation to Dan and its designation as a Levitical city, no other events or details about Eltekeh are recorded in the Bible. Its exact location is uncertain, but it is believed to have been situated in the Shephelah region, possibly near the Sorek Valley.

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    Stands in the same events as

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 1 book.

    1. Joshua2 verses

      19:4421:23

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Dan Inheritance and Allotment of Levite PasturelandsGibbethonA Levitical city in the territory of Dan.via Dan InheritanceBaalathTown allotted to the tribe of Dan.via Dan InheritanceCityCity is a concept gathering 369 labelled instances in the text.via Dan InheritanceInheritanceInheritance is a concept gathering 64 labelled instances in the text.via Dan InheritanceVillageVillage is a concept gathering 43 labelled instances in the text.via Allotment of Levite PasturelandsAijalonA Levitical city in Dan, site of Joshua's miracle.via Allotment of Levite PasturelandsAllotmentAllotment is a concept gathering 13 labelled instances in the text.via Allotment of Levite PasturelandsDanIsraelite tribe; city in northern Israel; originally called Laish/Leshem.via Allotment of Levite PasturelandsEphraimSecond son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel.

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