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.)

And they ascended {H5927} by the south {H5045}, and came {H935} unto Hebron {H2275}; where Ahiman {H289}, Sheshai {H8344}, and Talmai {H8526}, the children {H3211} of Anak {H6061}, were.(Now Hebron {H2275} was built {H1129} seven {H7651} years {H8141} before {H6440} Zoan {H6814} in Egypt {H4714}.)

They went up into the Negev and arrived at Hevron; Achiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the 'Anakim, lived there. (Hevron was built seven years before Tzo'an in Egypt.)

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.

And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 78:43 (5 votes)

    How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

  • Psalms 78:12 (5 votes)

    Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.

  • Isaiah 19:11 (4 votes)

    Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors 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 (4 votes)

    ¶ And 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 15:14 (4 votes)

    And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

  • Judges 1:10 (3 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.

  • Joshua 11:21 (3 votes)

    And 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.