So Edom kept rebelling from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah also revolted at the same time.
Joshua 21:13 - Tree of Life Version But to the children of Aaron the kohen they assigned Hebron (the city of refuge for the manslayer) with its pastures, Libnah with its pastures, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasturelands (suburbs), and together with their suburbs, Libnah, American Standard Version (1901) And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs, Common English Bible To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave: Hebron, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; Libnah and its pastures; Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, he gave to the sons of Aaron the priest, Hebron as a city of refuge, as well as its suburbs, and Libnah, with its suburbs, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron, a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof: and Lobna with the suburbs thereof, |
So Edom kept rebelling from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah also revolted at the same time.
Then the Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard he had withdrawn from Lachish.
“Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be cities of refuge, to which anyone who kills anyone may flee. Besides these, you are to give the Levites 42 more cities.
Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—9 towns with their villages.
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
But the fields of the city and its villages they had already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.