Joshua 14:15

Bible in Basic English 1965

In earlier times the name of Hebron had been Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the greatest of the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

Cross References

Genesis 23:2

And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham went into his house, weeping and sorrowing for Sarah.

Genesis 35:27

And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

Genesis 37:14

And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

1 Chronicles 6:4

Eleazar was the father of Phinehas; Phinehas was the father of Abishua;

Nehemiah 11:25

And for the daughter-towns with their fields, some of the men of Judah were living in Kiriath-arba and its daughter-towns, and in Dibon and its daughter-towns, and in Jekabzeel and its daughter-towns,

Joshua 11:23

So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it to the children of Israel as their heritage, making division of it among them by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.

Joshua 14:14

So Hebron became the heritage of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, to this day, because with all his heart he was true to the Lord, the God of Israel.

Joshua 15:13

And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among the children of Judah, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua, that is, Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the father of Anak which is Hebron.

Joshua 21:11

They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, which is Hebron in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.

Joshua 21:12

But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.

Judges 1:20

And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he took the land of the three sons of Anak, driving them out from there.

Judges 3:11

Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.

Judges 3:30

So Moab was broken that day under the hand of Israel. And for eighty years the land had peace.

Judges 5:31

So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.

Judges 8:28

So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

1 Samuel 30:31

And in Hebron, and to all the places where David and his men had been living.