Numbers 13:22

New International Reader's Version

They went up through the Negev Desert and came to Hebron. That’s where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai lived. They belonged to the family line of Anak. Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan. Zoan was a city in Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 13:18

So Abram went to live near the large trees of Mamre at Hebron. There he pitched his tents and built an altar to honor the Lord.

Genesis 23:2

She died at Kiriath Arba. Kiriath Arba is also called Hebron. It’s in the land of Canaan. Sarah’s death made Abraham very sad. He went to the place where her body was lying. There he wept over her.

2 Samuel 2:1

After Saul and Jonathan died, David asked the Lord for advice. “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” he asked. The Lord said, “Go up.” David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” the Lord answered.

2 Samuel 2:11

David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven and a half years.

2 Samuel 21:16

Ishbi-Benob belonged to the family line of Rapha. The tip of his bronze spear weighed seven and a half pounds. He was also armed with a new sword. He said he would kill David.

Psalm 78:12

He did miracles right in front of their people who lived long ago. At that time they were living in Egypt, in the area of Zoan.

Psalm 78:43

They forgot how he had shown them his signs in Egypt. They forgot his miracles in the area of Zoan.

Isaiah 19:11

The officials of the city of Zoan are very foolish. Pharaoh’s wise men give advice that doesn’t make any sense. How can they dare to say to Pharaoh, “We’re among the wise men”? How can they say to him, “We’re like the advisers to the kings of long ago”?

Isaiah 19:13

The officials of Zoan have become foolish. The leaders of Memphis have been lied to. The most important leaders in Egypt have led its people astray.

Isaiah 30:4

Their officials have gone to the city of Zoan. Their messengers have arrived in Hanes.

Numbers 13:17

Moses sent the 12 men to check out Canaan. He said, “Go up through the Negev Desert. Go on into the central hill country.

Numbers 13:28

But the people who live there are powerful. Their cities have high walls around them and are very large. We even saw members of the family line of Anak there.

Numbers 13:33

We saw the Nephilim there. We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes. And that’s also how we seemed to them.” The family line of Anak came from the Nephilim.

Deuteronomy 9:2

The people who live there are Anakites. They are strong and tall. You know all about them. You have heard people say, “Who can stand up against the Anakites?”

Joshua 10:36

Joshua went up from Eglon to Hebron. Israel’s whole army went with him. Then they attacked Hebron.

Joshua 21:13

So they gave Hebron to the members of the family line of Aaron the priest. Hebron was a city where anyone charged with murder could go for safety. They also gave them Libnah,

Judges 1:10

Then the men of Judah marched out against the Canaanites living in Hebron. Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. The men of Judah won the battle over Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.

1 Samuel 30:31

and Hebron. He also sent some to the elders in all the other places where he and his men had wandered around.