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the rendering in the Auth. Vers. in two passages (1Ch_11:28; 1Ch_13:3) of the name more properly, or at least more analogically, Anglicized ANATHOTHITE, i.e. an inhabitant of Anathoth (q.v.). It is observable that while the city is invariably written Anathoth' ( òֲðָúåֹú , Jos_21:18; 1Ch_6:60 [45]; 1Ch_7:8; Ezr_2:23; Neh_7:27; Neh_10:19
[20]; 11:32; Isa_10:30; Jer_1:1; Jer_11:21; Jer_11:23; Jer_22:8; with the art., äָòֲðָúåֹú , as a var. read. in Jer_22:7; “defectively,” òֲðָúֹú , in 1Ki_2:26, as a var. read. in Jer_22:9; Sept. Á᾿íáèώè [v. r. Íáèώè in 1Ch_7:8]; Vulg. Anathoth, but Anathot in Neh_7:27), the derivative is written very variously as follows: 2Sa_23:27, Heb., Annethothi', òִðְּúֹúַé , Sept. Á᾿íùèßôçò , Vulg. de Anathoth, Auth. Vers. “Anethothite;” Chronicles 11:28, Anthothi', òִðְúåֹúַé , Á᾿íáèùè Anathotites, “Antothite;” 1Ch_12:3, Anthothi', òִðְúֹúַé , Á᾿íáèùèß , Anatothites, “ Antothite;” 1Ch_27:12, Anihothi', òִðְúåֹúַé [v. r. Antothi', òִðְúּåֹúַé ], ἐî Á᾿íáèώè , Anathothites, “Anetothite;” Jer_29:27, Annethothi', òִðְּúֹúַé , ἐî Á᾿íáèώè , Anathothites, “of Anathoth.”