◄ Joshua 21:11 ►
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Good News Translation
They were given the city of Arba (Arba was Anak's father), now called Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasture land surrounding it.

New Revised Standard Version
They gave them Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasture lands around it.

New American Bible
first, Kiriath-arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the mountain region of Judah, with the adjacent pasture lands,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about.

And they

1 Chronicles 6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

the city of Arba.

Joshua 15:13,14,54 But to Caleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda, as the Lord had commanded him: Cariath-Arbe the father of Enac, which is Hebron. . . .

Genesis 23:2 And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.

Genesis 35:27 And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

Judges 1:10 And Juda going forward against the Chanaanite, that dwelt in Hebron, (the name whereof was in former times Cariath-Arbe) slew Sesai, and Ahiman, and Tholmai:

is Hebron

2 Samuel 2:1-3 And after these things David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up into one of the cities of Juda? And the Lord said to him: Go up. And David said: Whither shall I go up? And he answered him: Into Hebron. . . .

2 Samuel 5:1-5 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron, saying: Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh. . . .

2 Samuel 15:7 And after forty years, Absalom said to king David: Let me go, and pay my vows which I have vowed to the Lord in Hebron.

in the hill

Joshua 20:7 And they appointed Cedes in Galilee of mount Nephtali, and Sichem in mount Ephraim, and Cariath-Arbe, the same is Hebron in the mountain of Juda.

Luke 1:39 And Mary rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda.

Context
Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites
…10To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them) 11The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about.12But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession.…
Cross References
Luke 1:39
And Mary rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda.

Genesis 23:2
And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.

Joshua 14:15
The name of Hebron before was called Cariath-Arbe: Adam the greatest among the Enacims was laid there and the land rested from wars.

Joshua 15:13
But to Caleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda, as the Lord had commanded him: Cariath-Arbe the father of Enac, which is Hebron.

Joshua 20:7
And they appointed Cedes in Galilee of mount Nephtali, and Sichem in mount Ephraim, and Cariath-Arbe, the same is Hebron in the mountain of Juda.

Joshua 21:10
To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them)

Joshua 21:12
But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession.

1 Samuel 30:31
And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those places, in which David had abode with his men.

1 Chronicles 6:55
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

Joshua 21:10
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