Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
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Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
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And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
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and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba — the same is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
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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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.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 54. Kirjath-arba] See Clarke on Jos 14:15.
Verse 54. Kirjath-arba] See Clarke on Jos 14:15.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 54. Hebron — See Jos_10:3, note.
54. Hebron — See Jos_10:3, note.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (54) Of this total of nine, six have been…
(54) Of this total of nine, six have been found.
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