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Joshua 14:13

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

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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

12Now therefore give me this hill country, of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and great and fortified cities. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as the LORD said.”

14Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel wholeheartedly.

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Cross References

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

Joshua 15:13He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion amongst the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).

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

Judges 1:20They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.

1 Samuel 30:31to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.

1 Chronicles 6:55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around 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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