Joshua 14:13

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spoke in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified; it may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as the LORD spoke.'

14Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, unto this day; because that he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Cross References

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

Joshua 15:13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak — the same is Hebron.

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

Judges 1:20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken; and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.

1 Samuel 30:31and to them that were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

1 Chronicles 6:55(6-40) to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the open land 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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