And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence 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.
- BSB Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of 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 1:10And 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.
- Num 14:24But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
- Deut 1:36Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.
- Josh 15:13–14And 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 14:9–14And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
- 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.)
- Josh 21:11–12And 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.
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