Joshua 21:11 “They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pa…”

Joshua 21:11

They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 thereof round about it.

World English Bible

They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.

American Standard Version

And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

Geneva Bible 1599

So they gaue them Kiriath-arba of the father of Anok (which is Hebron) in the mountaine of Iudah, with the suburbes of the same round about it.

Darby Translation

and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.

Young's Literal Translation

and they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

Bible in Basic English

They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.

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Cross references

“And they”

1 Chronicles 6:55

1 Chronicles 6:55 · BSB

They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

“the city of Arba”

Joshua 15:54 Genesis 23:2 Genesis 35:27 Judges 1:10 Joshua 15:13 Joshua 15:14

Joshua 15:54 · BSB

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

Genesis 23:2 · BSB

She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

Genesis 35:27 · BSB

Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

Judges 1:10 · BSB

Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

Joshua 15:13 · BSB

According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

Joshua 15:14 · BSB

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

“is Hebron”

2 Samuel 2:1–3 2 Samuel 5:1–5 2 Samuel 15:7

2 Samuel 2:1–3 · BSB

Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.

2 Samuel 5:1–5 · BSB

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

2 Samuel 15:7 · BSB

After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.

“in the hill”

Luke 1:39 Joshua 20:7–9

Luke 1:39 · BSB

In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,

Joshua 20:7–9 · BSB

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.

Also

Joshua 14:15

Joshua 14:15 · BSB

(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:

12But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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