Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised; and he drove out from there 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.
- 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.
- 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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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 went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
- Num 14:24But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.
- Deut 1:36except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it. I will give the land that he has trodden on to him, and to his children, because he has wholly followed Yahweh.”
- Josh 15:13–14He 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 14:9–14Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land where you walked shall be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have wholly followed Yahweh my God.’
- 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.)
- Josh 21:11–12They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.
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