KJV King James Version
And 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.)
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 13:22
And 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.)
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They 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.
WEB World English Bible
They 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.)
ASV American Standard Version
And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahaiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they go up by the south, and come in unto Hebron, and there are Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt),
Surrounding context — Numbers 13
19 And what the land [is] that they dwell in, whether it [be] good or bad; and what cities [they be] that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
20 And what the land [is], whether it [be] fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time [was] the time of the firstripe grapes.
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
22 And 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.)
23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּעֲל֣וּH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseבַנֶּגֶב֮H5045 · ne.gevNegebוַיָּבֹ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeעַד־H5704 · adtillחֶבְרוֹן֒H2275 · chev.ronHebronוְשָׁ֤םH8033 · shamthereאֲחִימַן֙H289 · a.chi.manAhimanשֵׁשַׁ֣יH8344 · she.shaySheshaiוְתַלְמַ֔יH8526 · tal.mayTalmaiיְלִידֵ֖יH3211 · ya.lidbornהָעֲנָ֑קH6061 · a.naqAnakוְחֶבְר֗וֹןH2275 · chev.ronHebronשֶׁ֤בַעH7651 · she.vasevenשָׁנִים֙H8141 · sha.nehyearנִבְנְתָ֔הH1129 · ba.nahto buildלִפְנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeצֹ֥עַןH6814 · tso.anZoanמִצְרָֽיִם׃H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgypt
Cross-references
Psalm 78:43How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:Psalm 78:12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.Isaiah 19:11Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I [am] the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?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.Isaiah 30:4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.Joshua 11:21-22And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.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.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 13:18Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.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.2 Samuel 2:1And 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.Joshua 14:13-15And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.Numbers 13:17And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this [way] southward, and go up into the mountain:Joshua 21:13Thus 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,Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, [even they that are] the stay of the tribes thereof.2 Samuel 2:11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
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