And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
Parallel translations
- WEB Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it.
- BSB Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.
- NKJV So Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it.
- NASB Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.
- NLT From Eglon, Joshua and the Israelite army went up to Hebron and attacked it.
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Quick answer
Joshua leads Israel up to attack Hebron. The campaign reaches into the hill country.
Overview
From Eglon the army moves against Hebron, a significant city in the highlands of Judah. The turn toward the hill country shows the conquest extending across the whole region. Hebron, later given to Caleb, becomes another scene of God-given victory.
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- Judg 1:10And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
- Josh 15:13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
- Josh 14:13–14And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
- Num 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- 1 Chr 12:28And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.
- Josh 10:3Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Gen 13:18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
- 2 Sam 5:1–5Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
- 2 Sam 15:9–10And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
- Josh 15:54And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
- 1 Chr 12:23And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
- Josh 10:5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
- Josh 21:13Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
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