ANATOT
“answers”.
(a) Benjamite, son of Becher (1 Chron. 7:8).
(b) One of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant of Nehemiah (Neh. 10:19).
(c) A city assigned to the priests in the territory of Benjamin, where Abiathar, the high priest, had his own lands, and where Jeremiah was born.
Its inhabitants persecuted the prophet. Identified with “Anatah”, 31° 49′ N, 35° 15′ E (Josh. 21:18; 1 Kings 2:26; 1 Chron. 6:60; Ezra 2:23; Neh. 7:27; 11:32; Is. 10:30; Jer. 1:1; 11:21, 23; 29:27; 32:7-9).