Joshua 21:11

World English Bible (2000)

They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 6:55 : 55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs around it;
  • Luke 1:39 : 39 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,
  • Gen 23:2 : 2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
  • Gen 35:27 : 27 Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
  • Josh 14:15 : 15 Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from war.
  • Josh 15:13-14 : 13 To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron). 14 Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
  • Josh 15:54 : 54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
  • Josh 20:7-9 : 7 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. 8 Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the alien who lives 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 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
  • 2 Sam 2:1-3 : 1 It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?" Yahweh said to him, "Go up." David said, "Where shall I go up?" 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 David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.
  • 2 Sam 5:1-5 : 1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. Yahweh said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.'" 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; 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 It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Josh 15:13-15
    3 verses
    85%

    13 To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).

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

    15 He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.

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

    55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs around it;

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

    57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

    58 and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,

  • Josh 21:12-15
    4 verses
    83%

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

    13 To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,

    14 Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

    15 Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,

  • Josh 14:12-15
    4 verses
    79%

    12 Now therefore give me this hill country, of which Yahweh spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and great and fortified cities. It may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh spoke."

    13 Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

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

    15 Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from war.

  • Judg 1:20
    78%

    20 They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.

  • Judg 1:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9 Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.

    10 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

    11 From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.)

  • Josh 21:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 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:

    10 and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

  • Josh 20:7
    76%

    7 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

  • Josh 15:53-54
    2 verses
    74%

    53 Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,

    54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

  • Neh 11:25
    74%

    25 As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, and in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

  • 2 Chr 11:10
    74%

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

  • Num 13:22
    73%

    22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Josh 21:20-22
    3 verses
    72%

    20 The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

    21 They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

    22 Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Josh 11:21
    72%

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

  • Josh 21:31
    71%

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

  • Gen 35:27
    71%

    27 Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.

  • Josh 21:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.

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

  • Gen 15:21
    70%

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

  • Josh 21:42
    69%

    42 Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.

  • Josh 11:3
    69%

    3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

  • Num 13:28
    69%

    28 However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

  • Neh 11:30
    68%

    30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.

  • Deut 2:21
    68%

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

  • 1 Sam 30:31
    68%

    31 and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.

  • Josh 12:10
    68%

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

  • Josh 21:37
    68%

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

  • Josh 19:50
    68%

    50 According to the commandment of Yahweh, they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived there.

  • Josh 18:28
    68%

    28 Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

  • Gen 10:16
    68%

    16 the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,