Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
Parallel translations
- WEB They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.
- KJV And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
- NKJV And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said. Then he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.
- NASB Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised; and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak.
- NLT The town of Hebron was given to Caleb as Moses had promised. And Caleb drove out the people living there, who were descendants of the three sons of Anak.
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Quick answer
Hebron is given to Caleb as Moses promised, and he drives out the three sons of Anak. It matters as God's faithfulness to an old promise through a faithful man.
Overview
Caleb receives Hebron, fulfilling the pledge made decades earlier because he followed the LORD fully. He successfully expels the formidable Anakim, the giants that had once terrified the spies. Caleb stands as a model of enduring faith, showing that God honors those who trust him over the long course of life.
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- Judg 1:10Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
- Num 14:24But 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.
- Deut 1:36except 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.”
- Josh 15:13–14According 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.)
- Josh 14:9–14On 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.’
- Num 13:22They 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.
- Josh 21:11–12They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
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