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Joshua 15:54

Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

  • KJV King James Version

    And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba — the same is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Joshua 15:54 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Joshua 15:13 He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
  • Genesis 23:2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
  • Joshua 14:15 Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.

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Explain this verse (4 sources)

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Cain,.... Cain, or Hakain, "that Cain", we nowhere else…

Cain,.... Cain, or Hakain, "that Cain", we nowhere else read of; whether the name was given it by the old Canaanites, in memory of Cain, the son of Adam, is not certain:

Gibeah; there were other places that went by the name of Gibeah; there was a Gibeah in Benjamin, Jdg 20:4, and another in the same tribe called Gibeah of Saul, Sa1 11:4, to distinguish it from that; but this was in the tribe of Judah. Masius conjectures it is the same with that in Sa1 23:19 which was near Ziph; and not amiss. Jerom (u) makes mention of Gabaha and Gabatha, little villages to the east of Daroma; and of another Gabatha, near Bethlehem, in the tribe of Judah; but whether either of these are meant it is doubtful:

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Timnah, of this city; see Gill on Jos 15:10,

ten cities with their villages; the number agrees with the names of them.

(u) Ut supra, (De loc. Heb.) fol. 92. C.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 54. Kirjath-arba] See Clarke on Jos 14:15.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 54. Hebron — See Jos_10:3, note.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (54) Of this total of nine, six have been…

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