Joshua 14:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.”
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“(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the name of Hebron formerly <FI>is<Fi> Kirjath-Arba (he <FI>is<Fi> the great man among the Anakim); and the land hath rest from war.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 14:15 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 23:2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
- Genesis 35:27Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
- Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
- Joshua 15:13According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
- Joshua 21:12But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
- Judges 1:20Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
- Judges 3:11So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- Judges 3:30So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
- Judges 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
- Judges 8:28In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
- 1 Samuel 30:31and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.
- 1 Chronicles 6:4Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of Abishua,
- Nehemiah 11:25As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).