Joshua 14:15

And the name of Chebron before was the city Argob, it is the + 14:15 Gr. mother-cities.metropolis of the Enakim: and the land rested from war.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

In Context

14Therefore Chebron became the inheritance of Chaleb the son of Jephone the Kenezite until this day, because he followed the commandment of the Lord God of Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:2And Sarrha died in the city of Arboc, which is in the valley, this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan; and Abraam came to lament for Sarrha and to mourn.

Joshua 11:23And Joshua took all the land, as the Lord commanded Moses; and Joshua gave them for an inheritance to Israel by division according to their tribes; and the land ceased from war.

Joshua 21:12But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.

Judges 3:11And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez died.

Judges 5:31Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: and they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest forty years.

1 Samuel 30:31and to those in Chebron, and to all the places which David and his men had passed through.

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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