Joshua 14:15

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Previously, Hebron had been called Kiriath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

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  • Josh 11:23 : 23 So Joshua took the entire land, just as the LORD had promised to Moses, and gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. And the land had rest from war.
  • Gen 23:2 : 2 Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
  • Josh 15:13 : 13 To Caleb son of Jephunneh, he was given a portion among the descendants of Judah, based on the Lord’s command to Joshua, the city of Arba (father of Anak), which is Hebron.
  • Judg 3:11 : 11 The land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
  • Judg 3:30 : 30 That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.
  • Judg 5:31 : 31 So may all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But may those who love You be like the sun when it rises in its strength. And the land was at peace for forty years.
  • Judg 8:28 : 28 Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During the days of Gideon, the land had peace for forty years.

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  • Josh 15:13-16
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    79%

    13To Caleb son of Jephunneh, he was given a portion among the descendants of Judah, based on the Lord’s command to Joshua, the city of Arba (father of Anak), which is Hebron.

    14Caleb expelled from there the three descendants of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the offspring of Anak.

    15From there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir, which was formerly called Kiriath-sepher.

    16Caleb said, 'Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as his wife.'

  • Josh 21:11-13
    3 verses
    79%

    11They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasture lands. Arba was the ancestor of the Anakites.

    12However, the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

    13To the descendants of Aaron, the priest, they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone), along with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands.

  • Josh 14:12-14
    3 verses
    78%

    12So now give me this hill country the LORD promised me on that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakim are there and their cities are large and fortified. Perhaps the LORD will be with me, and I will drive them out as the LORD said.

    13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

    14So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as his inheritance to this day because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • Judg 1:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10Judah also attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

    11From there, they went against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).

  • Judg 1:20
    73%

    20They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised, and Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from it.

  • Josh 15:54
    71%

    54Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities with their villages.

  • 2 Chr 14:6
    70%

    6He said to Judah, "Let us build these cities and surround them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the Lord our God. We sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side." So they built and succeeded.

  • Josh 20:7
    70%

    7So 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.

  • Gen 35:27
    69%

    27Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived as foreigners.

  • 1 Chr 6:55-56
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    68%

    55From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave Aner with its pasturelands and Bileam with its pasturelands for the remaining families of the Kohathites.

    56To the sons of Gershom, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.

  • Josh 11:23
    68%

    23So Joshua took the entire land, just as the LORD had promised to Moses, and gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. And the land had rest from war.

  • Josh 12:10
    68%

    10the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

  • Num 13:22
    68%

    22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Gen 15:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

    21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

  • Gen 14:5
    68%

    5In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-Kiriathaim,

  • Neh 11:25
    67%

    25As for the villages with their fields, some of the people from Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its surrounding villages, in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages.

  • Num 13:28
    67%

    28However, the people who live there are strong, and the cities are large and very fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

  • Gen 14:13
    67%

    13Then a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner; these were allies of Abram.

  • 2 Sam 15:9
    67%

    9The king said to him, 'Go in peace.' So he got up and went to Hebron.

  • Josh 12:14
    67%

    14the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

  • Josh 15:25
    67%

    25Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor).

  • 1 Chr 1:14
    67%

    14And also the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite.

  • Josh 15:60
    67%

    60Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah—two cities with their villages.

  • Gen 13:18
    66%

    18So Abram moved his tent and went to live by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.

  • Josh 11:21
    66%

    21At that time Joshua came and destroyed the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, all the hill country of Judah, and all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them and their cities to destruction.

  • Gen 23:17
    66%

    17So the field of Ephron in Machpelah near Mamre—the field with its cave and all the trees within its borders—was legally transferred.

  • Judg 3:11
    66%

    11The land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

  • Num 21:14
    66%

    14Therefore, it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: 'Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon.'

  • 2 Chr 11:10
    66%

    10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

  • Gen 14:2
    66%

    2that they made war against Bera, king of Sodom, Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).