They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Judges 1:20 - Revised Standard Version And Hebron was given to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he drove out from it the three sons of Anak. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hebron was given to Caleb as Moses said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak. [Josh. 14:6, 9.] American Standard Version (1901) And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak. Common English Bible They gave Hebron to Caleb, just as Moses had commanded, and they drove out from there the three sons of Anak. Catholic Public Domain Version And just as Moses had said, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who destroyed out of it the three sons of Anak. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said: who destroyed out of it the three sons of Enac. |
They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land upon which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the Lord!’
Then Joshua went up with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron; and they assaulted it,
And Joshua came at that time, and wiped out the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba; this Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba); and they defeated Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.