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.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Joshua 21:11

And they gaue them the citie of Arbah the father of Anak (which citie is Hebron) in the hill countrey of Iudah, with þe suburbs thereof round about it.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Thus they gave them Kiriath-arba, {Arba being} the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding pasture lands.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.
- Basic English Bible

and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.
- Darby Bible

And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak (which city is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its suburbs round it.
- Webster's 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.
- World English Bible

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;
- Youngs Literal Bible

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 open land round about it.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible Commentary for Joshua 21:11

Wesley's Notes for Joshua 21:11


21:9 Judah and Simeon - These are mentioned together, because the cities of Simeon lay within Judah's portion.

21:10 Families - That is, of the family, the plural number for the singular, which is not unusual.

21:12 The fields and villages - That is, all beyond the two thousand cubits expressed, #Numb 35:5|. This is here mentioned, not as his peculiar case, but as one eminent instance, to shew, that it was so in all the rest of the cities here named; that the fields and villages thereof still belonged to the several tribes from whom the cities and their suburbs were taken; and to make the rest of the Israelites more chearfully resign part of their possessions to the Levites, because even Caleb did so, though his possession had been long before promised, and now actually given to him by God's special command, as a mark of honour and compensation for his long and faithful service.


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