And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: now the name of Hebron before was Kir´jath–ar´ba: and they slew She´shai, and Ahi´man, and Tal´mai.
save Caleb the son of Jephun´neh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.
but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahi´man, She´shai, and Tal´mai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zo´an in Egypt.)
And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the An´akim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.