KJV King James Version
And 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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Joshua 21:11
And 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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
WEB World English Bible
They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.
ASV American Standard Version
And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;
Surrounding context — Joshua 21
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name,
10 Which the children of Aaron, [being] of the families of the Kohathites, [who were] of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
11 And 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.
12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 Thus 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,
14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
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וַיִּתְּנ֨וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָהֶ֜םH9038 · hemthemאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]קִרְיַת֩H7153 · qir.yat ar.baKiriath-arbaאַרְבַּ֨עH7153 · qir.yat ar.baKiriath-arbaאֲבִ֧יH1 · avfatherהָֽעֲנ֛וֹקH6061 · a.naqAnakהִ֥יאH1931 · huhe/she/itחֶבְר֖וֹןH2275 · chev.ronHebronבְּהַ֣רH2022 · harmountain: mountיְהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוְאֶת־H854 · etwithמִגְרָשֶׁ֖הָH4054 · mig.rashpastureסְבִיבֹתֶֽיהָ׃H5439 · sa.vivaround
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 6:55And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.Luke 1:39And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;Joshua 15:54And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:2 Samuel 15:7And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.Genesis 23:2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.Genesis 35:27And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which [is] Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.2 Samuel 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 Samuel 2:1-3And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.Judges 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.Joshua 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.Joshua 20:7-9And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.Joshua 14:15And the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba; [which Arba was] a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
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