Judges 1:20 “Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out…”

Judges 1:20

Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they gaue Hebron vnto Caleb, as Moses had saide, and hee expelled thence the three sonnes of Anak.

Darby Translation

And they gave to Caleb Hebron, as Moses had said; and he dispossessed from thence the three sons of Anak.

Young's Literal Translation

And they give to Caleb Hebron, as Moses hath spoken, and he dispossesseth thence the three sons of Anak.

Bible in Basic English

And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he took the land of the three sons of Anak, driving them out from there.

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Cross references

“they gave”

Numbers 14:24 Deuteronomy 1:36 Joshua 14:9–14 Joshua 15:13 Joshua 15:14 Joshua 21:11

Numbers 14:24 · BSB

But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.

Deuteronomy 1:36 · BSB

except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”

Joshua 14:9–14 · BSB

On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’

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.

Joshua 21:11 · BSB

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

“the three sons”

Judges 1:10 Numbers 13:22

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.

Numbers 13:22 · BSB

They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

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

In context

19The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.

21The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.

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