Joshua 14:13

And Joshua blessed him, and he delivered Hebron to him as a possession.

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In The King James Version

And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

In Context

12Therefore, grant to me this mountain, which the Lord has promised in your hearing also, on which are the Anakim, and cities, great and fortified. Perhaps it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I will be able to destroy them, just as he promised to me.”

14And from then on, Hebron was for Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, even to the present day. For he followed the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 47:10And blessing the king, he went outside.

Joshua 15:13Yet truly, to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, just as the Lord had instructed him: the City of Arba, the father of Anak, which is Hebron.

Joshua 21:12Yet truly, the fields and its villages he had given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as a possession.

Judges 1:20And just as Moses had said, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who destroyed out of it the three sons of Anak.

1 Samuel 30:31and who were in Hebron, and to the remainder who were in those places where David had stayed, he and his men.

1 Chronicles 6:55And so, they gave Hebron, in the land of Judah, and its suburbs all around, to them,

Matthew Henry on Joshua 14:7-15

Caleb's Request. ( b. c. 1444.) 6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea. 7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly… Read the whole commentary →

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