Joshua 21:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs around it.

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  • 1 Chr 6:55 : 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its surrounding pasturelands.
  • Luke 1:39 : 39 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah,
  • Gen 23:2 : 2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba, which is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
  • Gen 35:27 : 27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, to the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac lived.
  • Josh 14:15 : 15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
  • Josh 15:13-14 : 13 Caleb the son of Jephunneh received a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely the city of Arba the father of Anak, which is Hebron. 14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
  • Josh 15:54 : 54 Humtah, Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, Zior; nine cities with their villages:
  • Josh 20:7-9 : 7 And they designated Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 8 And on the other side of Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger residing among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.
  • Judg 1:10 : 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron, (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba) and they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
  • 2 Sam 2:1-3 : 1 And it happened after this, that David asked of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said to him, Go up. And David said, Where shall I go up? And He said, To Hebron. 2 So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 3 And David brought up the men who were with him, every man with his household: and they lived in the cities of Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:1-5 : 1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2 Also, in times past when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and brought them in. And the LORD said to you, You will feed my people Israel, and you will be a captain over Israel. 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron, he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
  • 2 Sam 15:7 : 7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said to the king, I pray you, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

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  • Josh 15:13-15
    3 verses
    85%

    13Caleb the son of Jephunneh received a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely the city of Arba the father of Anak, which is Hebron.

    14And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

    15And he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir: the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

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

    55And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its surrounding pasturelands.

    56But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

    57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron the city of refuge, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their pasturelands,

    58And Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,

  • Josh 21:12-15
    4 verses
    83%

    12But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

    13Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its suburbs,

    14And Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

    15And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,

  • Josh 14:12-15
    4 verses
    79%

    12Now therefore give me this mountain, of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fortified; if so the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

    13And Joshua blessed him and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron as an inheritance.

    14Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.

    15And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

  • Judg 1:20
    78%

    20And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.

  • Judg 1:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

    10And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron, (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba) and they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

    11And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

  • Josh 21:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name,

    10Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

  • Josh 20:7
    76%

    7And they designated Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

  • Josh 15:53-54
    2 verses
    74%

    53Janum, Bethtappuah, Aphekah,

    54Humtah, Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, Zior; nine cities with their villages:

  • Neh 11:25
    74%

    25And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,

  • 2 Chr 11:10
    74%

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

  • Num 13:22
    73%

    22And they ascended by the south and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Josh 21:20-22
    3 verses
    72%

    20And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

    21For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its suburbs,

    22And Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Bethhoron with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Josh 11:21
    72%

    21And at that time Joshua came, and cut off the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

  • Josh 21:31
    71%

    31Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Gen 35:27
    71%

    27And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, to the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac lived.

  • Josh 21:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the command of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

    4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

  • Gen 15:21
    70%

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

  • Josh 21:42
    69%

    42These cities were each with their suburbs around them: thus were all these cities.

  • Josh 11:3
    69%

    3And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

  • Num 13:28
    69%

    28Nevertheless, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

  • Neh 11:30
    68%

    30Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they lived from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

  • Deut 2:21
    68%

    21a people great and many and tall, as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before them, and they succeeded them and dwelt in their place.

  • 1 Sam 30:31
    68%

    31And to them who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to dwell.

  • Josh 12:10
    68%

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

  • Josh 21:37
    68%

    37Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Josh 19:50
    68%

    50According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt there.

  • Josh 18:28
    68%

    28Zelah, Eleph, Jebusi (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, Kirjath—fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

  • Gen 10:16
    68%

    16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,