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.

And they gave {H5414} them the city {H7151} of Arba {H704}{H7153} the father {H1} of Anak {H6061}, which city is Hebron {H2275}, in the hill {H2022} country of Judah {H3063}, with the suburbs {H4054} thereof round about {H5439} it.

They gave them: Kiryat-Arba - this Arba was the father of 'Anak - (that is, Hevron), in the hills of Y'hudah, with the surrounding open land;

They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

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.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Chronicles 6:55 (5 votes)

    And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

  • Luke 1:39 (3 votes)

    ¶ And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

  • Genesis 35:27 (2 votes)

    And 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 (2 votes)

    ¶ Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.

  • 2 Samuel 5:5 (2 votes)

    In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

  • Joshua 15:54 (2 votes)

    And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

  • Judges 1:10 (2 votes)

    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.