Joshua 14:13

And Joshua blessed him, and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron 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 mountain, of which the LORD spoke in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fortified: if the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

14Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite to this day; because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.

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Cross References

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

Joshua 15:13And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

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

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

1 Samuel 30:31And to them who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to resort.

1 Chronicles 6:55And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs 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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