Alemeth
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
covering. (1.) One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:8). (2.) One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1 Chronicles 8:36). (3.) A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 6:60), called also Almon (Joshua 21:18), now Almit, a mile north-east of the ancient Anathoth.
THE FULL ARTICLE — from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.
al'-e-meth (`alemeth, "concealment"):
(1) the Revised Version (British and American) for Alameth of the King James Version in 1Ch 7:8.
(2) Descendant of Saul and Jonathan, and son of Jehoaddah, 1Ch 8:36, or of Jarah, 1Ch 9:42. The genealogies in the two chapters are identical, and he is the fifth generation after Jonathan.
(3) In some Hebrew texts, Ginsburg and Baer, for ALLEMETH (which see); so in the King James Version.