Caleb forced out the three Anakite families living in Hebron: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.
Ishbi-Benob, one of the sons of Rapha, had a bronze spearhead weighing about seven and one-half pounds and a new sword. He planned to kill David,
We saw the Nephilim people there. (The Anakites come from the Nephilim people.) We felt like grasshoppers, and we looked like grasshoppers to them.”
The people there are Anakites, who are strong and tall. You know about them, and you have heard it said: “No one can stop the Anakites.”
Now Joshua fought the Anakites who lived in the mountains of Hebron, Debir, Anab, Judah, and Israel, and he completely destroyed them and their towns.
There were no Anakites left living in the land of the Israelites and only a few were left in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
The men of Judah went to fight against the Canaanites in the city of Hebron (which used to be called Kiriath Arba). And they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, and Caleb forced out the three sons of Anak.