Joshua 14:13

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12And now give me this mountain, of which Jehovah spoke in that day; for thou heardest in that day that Anakim are there, and great fortified cities. If so be Jehovah shall be with me, then I shall dispossess them, as Jehovah said.

14Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed Jehovah the God of Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 47:10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from Pharaoh.

Joshua 15:13And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, that is, Hebron.

Joshua 21:12But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

Judges 1:20And they gave to Caleb Hebron, as Moses had said; and he dispossessed from thence the three sons of Anak.

1 Samuel 30:31and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men went about.

1 Chronicles 6:55and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

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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