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255px|right Anathoth is the name of one of the Levitical cities given to "the children of Aaron" in the tribe of Benjamin (; ). Residents were called Antothites or Anetothites.

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حزما‎
Region
West Bank
Country
الأراضي الفلسطينية
Population
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  • History according to the Hebrew Bible
  • Modern identification
  • In Christianity
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255px|right Anathoth is the name of one of the Levitical cities given to "the children of Aaron" in the tribe of Benjamin (; ). Residents were called Antothites or Anetothites.

==Name== The name of this town may be derived from a Canaanite goddess, `Anat. It is also mentioned as the name of an Israelite person in 1 Chronicles (), and in Nehemiah ().

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