Numbers 13:22

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They 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.)

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  • Ps 78:12 : 12 He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
  • Ps 78:43 : 43 when He displayed His signs in Egypt, His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
  • Isa 19:11 : 11 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; Pharaoh's wisest counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, 'I am a descendant of the wise, a son of ancient kings'?
  • Judg 1:10 : 10 Judah also attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
  • Isa 30:4 : 4 Though their officials are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived at Hanes,
  • Josh 11:21-22 : 21 At 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. 22 No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. Only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any remain.
  • 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 21:13 : 13 To 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 14:13-15 : 13 Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. 14 So 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. 15 Previously, Hebron had been called Kiriath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
  • Gen 13:18 : 18 So 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.
  • 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.
  • Num 13:17 : 17 When Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up through the Negev and then into the hill country.
  • Num 13:33 : 33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim. To ourselves, we seemed like grasshoppers, and we seemed the same to them."
  • 2 Sam 2:1 : 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 Sam 2:11 : 11 The length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
  • Isa 19:13 : 13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. They have led Egypt astray, the cornerstone of its tribes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 13:17-21
    5 verses
    79%

    17When Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up through the Negev and then into the hill country.

    18See what the land is like, and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

    19Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the towns they dwell in unwalled or fortified?

    20And what is the land like—is it fertile or barren? Does it have trees or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” It was the season for the first ripe grapes.

    21So they went up and explored the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.

  • Josh 15:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Judg 1:20
    75%

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

  • Num 13:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

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

    29The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.

  • Num 13:23-25
    3 verses
    73%

    23When they reached the Valley of Eshcol, they cut off a branch with a single cluster of grapes. They carried it on a pole between two of them, along with some pomegranates and figs.

    24That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.

    25At the end of forty days, they returned from exploring the land.

  • Josh 21:11
    73%

    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.

  • Deut 1:28
    72%

    28Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us by saying, 'The people are larger and taller than we are, the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens, and we even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'

  • Judg 1:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Deut 1:24
    72%

    24They set out and went up into the hill country, and they came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it.

  • Josh 15:3
    70%

    3The boundary moved southward to the ascent of Akrabbim, passed through Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh-barnea, passed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karkaa.

  • Deut 9:2
    70%

    2The people are great and tall—the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know and about whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'

  • Deut 2:21
    69%

    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 27:8
    69%

    8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for they had been living in the land from ancient times, from the route to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 14:5-7
    3 verses
    69%

    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,

    6and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El-Paran, which is near the wilderness.

    7Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they defeated all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazezon-Tamar.

  • Josh 2:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days until the pursuers returned. The pursuers searched all along the road but did not find them.

    23Then the two men came down from the hill country, crossed over, and went to Joshua son of Nun. They reported to him all that had happened to them.

  • Josh 14:12
    69%

    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.

  • Josh 10:36
    69%

    36Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.

  • Num 13:31-32
    2 verses
    69%

    31But the men who had gone up with him said, "We cannot attack these people, for they are stronger than we are."

    32And they spread a bad report about the land they had explored among the Israelites, saying, "The land we explored devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are of great size.

  • 2 Sam 24:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim Hodshi, and they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon.

    7They went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went to the Negev of Judah in Beersheba.

  • Josh 11:3
    68%

    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.

  • Josh 14:15
    68%

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

  • Josh 13:3
    68%

    3From the Shihor River (which is near Egypt) to the northern boundary of Ekron, which is counted as part of the Canaanite land; the five rulers of the Philistines—Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—and the Avvites.

  • Josh 12:8
    68%

    8It included the hill country, the lowlands, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

  • Josh 11:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

    22No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. Only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any remain.

  • Judg 3:3
    68%

    3The nations included the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.

  • Deut 1:22
    68%

    22Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us to explore the land and bring back a report about the route we should take and the cities we will come to.'

  • Judg 3:5
    67%

    5The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

  • 2 Chr 11:10
    67%

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

  • Deut 34:3
    67%

    3the Negev and the whole region of the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

  • Neh 11:30
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    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.

  • Num 32:9
    67%

    9They went up to the Valley of Eshcol, saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.

  • Judg 1:16
    67%

    16The descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Palms to the wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went and lived among the people there.

  • Josh 15:50
    67%

    50Anab, Eshtemoh, and Anim.