Joshua 14:15
Now, the name of Hebron, was formerly, City of Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim, was he. And, the land, had rest from war.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Genesis 23:2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron in the land of Canaan,—and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah and to weep for her.
Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh had spoken unto Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel, according to their portions by their tribes,—and, the land, had rest from war.
Joshua 21:12whereas, the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
Judges 3:11And the land had rest forty years,—and Othniel son of Kenaz, died.
Judges 5:31So, perish all thine enemies, O Yahweh, But be, they who love him, as the going forth of the sun, in his might! And the land had rest forty years.
1 Samuel 30:31and to them who were in Hebron,—and to all the places where David had been to and fro, he and his men.
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 →