Joshua 21:18

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 F11 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. H. . Rauwolff F12 Travels, par. 3. c. 2. p. 216. 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 F13 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 7. sect. 3. :

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.