Joshua 21:11

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They 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.

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  • 1 Chr 6:55 : 55 From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave Aner with its pasturelands and Bileam with its pasturelands for the remaining families of the Kohathites.
  • Luke 1:39 : 39 In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah.
  • 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.
  • Gen 35:27 : 27 Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived as foreigners.
  • Josh 14:15 : 15 Previously, Hebron had been called Kiriath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
  • Josh 15:13-14 : 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. 14 Caleb expelled from there the three descendants of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the offspring of Anak.
  • Josh 15:54 : 54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities with their villages.
  • Josh 20:7-9 : 7 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. 8 Across the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the appointed cities for all the Israelites and for the foreigners living among them, so that anyone who unintentionally killed another person could flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until they stood trial before the assembly.
  • Judg 1:10 : 10 Judah also attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
  • 2 Sam 2:1-3 : 1 After this, David inquired of the LORD, saying, 'Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?' The LORD answered him, 'Go up.' David then asked, 'Where should I go?' And He said, 'To Hebron.' 2 So David went up there, along with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 3 David also brought up the men who were with him, each man with his household, and they settled in the towns of Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:1-5 : 1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Here we are, your own flesh and blood." 2 "In the past, even when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’” 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. Then they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years. 5 In Hebron, he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, he reigned over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.
  • 2 Sam 15:7 : 7 At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, 'Please allow me to go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I made to the LORD.'

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  • Josh 15:13-15
    3 verses
    85%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 6:55-58
    4 verses
    83%

    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.

    57From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands.

    58Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands.

  • Josh 21:12-15
    4 verses
    83%

    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.

    14Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

    15Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands.

  • Josh 14:12-15
    4 verses
    79%

    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.

    15Previously, Hebron had been called Kiriath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

  • Judg 1:20
    78%

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

  • Judg 1:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9Afterward, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowland.

    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).

  • Josh 21:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they gave the following cities by name.

    10These cities were for the descendants of Aaron, who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, for the first lot was for them.

  • Josh 20:7
    76%

    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.

  • Josh 15:53-54
    2 verses
    74%

    53Janum, Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah.

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

  • Neh 11:25
    74%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 11:10
    74%

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

  • Num 13:22
    73%

    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.)

  • Josh 21:20-22
    3 verses
    72%

    20The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites received cities allotted to them from the tribe of Ephraim.

    21They were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,

    22Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth-horon with its pasture lands—four cities.

  • Josh 11:21
    72%

    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.

  • Josh 21:31
    71%

    31Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands—four cities.

  • Gen 35:27
    71%

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

  • Josh 21:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3So the Israelites gave the Levites, according to the LORD’s command, the following cities and pasture lands from their inheritance.

    4The lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The descendants of Aaron, the priest, who were from the Levites, received, by lot, thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

  • Gen 15:21
    70%

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

  • Josh 21:42
    69%

    42Each of these cities had its surrounding pasture lands. This was true for all these cities.

  • Josh 11:3
    69%

    3These included the Canaanites in the east and west, the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites under Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

  • Num 13:28
    69%

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

  • Neh 11:30
    68%

    30They dwelt in Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its surrounding villages. They settled from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

  • Deut 2:21
    68%

    21They were a great and numerous people, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place.

  • 1 Sam 30:31
    68%

    31and to those in Hebron and in all the other places where David and his men had roamed.

  • Josh 12:10
    68%

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

  • Josh 21:37
    68%

    37Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands—four cities in total.

  • Josh 19:50
    68%

    50As instructed by the LORD, they gave him the city he asked for—Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He built up the city and settled there.

  • Josh 18:28
    68%

    28Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath—fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin, divided according to their families.

  • Gen 10:16
    68%

    16as well as the Jebusites, Amorites, and Girgashites,