Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Judg 1:10Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
- Josh 15:13He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
- Josh 14:13–14Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
- Num 13:22They 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.)
- 1 Chr 12:28and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty-two captains.
- Josh 10:3Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Gen 13:18Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
- 2 Sam 5:1–5Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
- 2 Sam 15:9–10The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose, and went to Hebron.
- Josh 15:54Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
- 1 Chr 12:23These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to Yahweh’s word.
- 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, and the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
- Josh 21:13To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its suburbs,
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