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Alemeth

Alemeth - covering. (1.) One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:8).

(2.) One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1 Chr. 8:36).

(3.) A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1 Chr. 6:60), called also Almon[?] (Josh. 21:18), now Almit, a mile north-east of the ancient Anathoth.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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