Judges 1:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.”
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“Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they give to Caleb Hebron, as Moses hath spoken, and he dispossesseth thence the three sons of Anak.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 1:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
- Numbers 14:24But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
- Deuteronomy 1:36except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
- Joshua 11:21At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.
- Joshua 14:9On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
- Joshua 14:13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
- Joshua 14:15(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) 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 21:11They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
- Judges 1:10Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
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