So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.
Joshua 10:36 - New International Version (Anglicised) Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and attacked it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Joshua with all Israel went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they attacked it American Standard Version (1901) And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: Common English Bible Joshua along with all Israel went up from Eglon to Hebron and attacked it. Catholic Public Domain Version He also ascended, with all of Israel, from Eglon into Hebron, and he fought against it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He went up also with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron, and fought against it: |
So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.
These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the Lord had said:
Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish and Debir king of Eglon.
They captured it that same day and put it to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it, just as they had done to Lachish.
They took the city and put it to the sword, together with its king, its villages and everyone in it. They left no survivors. Just as at Eglon, they totally destroyed it and everyone in it.
Then the five kings of the Amorites – the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon – joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.
In accordance with the Lord’s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah – Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) and Zior – nine towns and their villages.
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,
They advanced against the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath Arba) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.
As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.