KJV King James Version
And 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.
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Judges 1:10
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
WEB World English Bible
Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
ASV American Standard Version
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba); and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Judah goeth unto the Canaanite who is dwelling in Hebron (and the name of Hebron formerly is Kirjath-Arba), and they smite Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Surrounding context — Judges 1
7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their meat] under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
10 And 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.
11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjathsepher:
12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
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וַיֵּ֣לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentיְהוּדָ֗הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙H3669 · ke.na.a.niCanaaniteהַיּוֹשֵׁ֣בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבְּחֶבְר֔וֹןH2275 · chev.ronHebronוְשֵׁם־H8034 · shemnameחֶבְר֥וֹןH2275 · chev.ronHebronלְפָנִ֖יםH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeקִרְיַ֣תH7153 · qir.yat ar.baKiriath-arbaאַרְבַּ֑עH7153 · qir.yat ar.baKiriath-arbaוַיַּכּ֛וּH5221 · na.khahto smiteאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֵׁשַׁ֥יH8344 · she.shaySheshaiוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲחִימַ֖ןH289 · a.chi.manAhimanוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]תַּלְמָֽי׃H8526 · tal.mayTalmai
Cross-references
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.Numbers 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.)Joshua 15:13-19And 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.Ecclesiastes 9:11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.Numbers 13:33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, [which come] of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.Judges 1:20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.Jeremiah 9:23Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:Psalm 33:16-17There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
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