Joshua 15 · Verse 13

Joshua 15:13

And unto 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 15:13, King James Version

Joshua 15:13 in other translations

BSBAccording to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
WEBHe gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
ASVAnd unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).
YLTAnd to Caleb son of Jephunneh hath he given a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, according to the command of Jehovah to Joshua, even the city of Arba, father of Anak--it is Hebron.
DARBYAnd to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, that is, Hebron.
BBEAnd to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among the children of Judah, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua, that is, Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the father of Anak which is Hebron.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Joshua 15:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jos 15:13-15. Caleb's Portion and Conquest.

13. unto Caleb he gave a part among the children of Judah--(See on Jos 14:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 And unto Caleb - he gave a part - See the notes on Jos 14:14, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 15:13-19
Achsah obtained some land by Caleb's free grant. He gave her a south land. Land indeed, but a south land, dry and apt to be parched. She obtained more, on her request, and he gave the upper and the nether springs. Those who understand it but of one field, watered both with the rain of heaven, and the springs that issued out of the earth, countenance the allusion commonly made to this, when we pray for spiritual and heavenly blessings which relate to our souls, as blessings of the upper springs, and those which relate to the body and the life that now is, as blessings of the nether springs. All the blessings, both of the upper and the nether springs, belong to the children of God. As related to Christ, they have them freely given of the Father, for the lot of their inheritance.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Joshua 15:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּלְכָלֵ֣בu.le.kha.Levand to CalebH3612
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יְפֻנֶּ֗הye.fu.NehJephunnehH3312
נָ֤תַןNa.tansomeone gaveH5414
חֵ֙לֶק֙che.leka portionH2506
בְּת֣וֹךְbe.Tokhin amongH8432
בְּנֵֽי\־be.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
אֶל\־'el-toH413
פִּ֥יpi[the] mouth ofH6310
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לִֽיהוֹשֻׁ֑עַli.ho.Shu.a'to JoshuaH3091
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
קִרְיַ֥תkir.YatKiriathH7153
אַרְבַּ֛ע'ar.Ba'ArbaH7153
אֲבִ֥י'a.Vi[the] father ofH1
הָעֲנָ֖קha.'a.Nak<the> AnakH6061
הִ֥יאhi'thatH1931
חֶבְרֽוֹן\׃chev.Ron[is] HebronH2275

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 15:13

  • Deuteronomy 1:34-36

    And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.

  • Numbers 13:30

    And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

  • Joshua 14:6-15

    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 Kadesh–barnea. Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh–barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God. And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God. …

  • Numbers 14:23-24

    Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Caleb.
14:6-15; Nu 13:30; 14:23,24; De 1:34-36
the city of Arba. or, Kirjath-arba.
14:15

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Context

  • Joshua 15:12

    And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

  • Joshua 15:13

    And unto 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 15:14

    And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

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Joshua 15:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas á Caleb, hijo de Jephone, dió parte entre los hijos de Judá, conforme al mandamiento de Jehová á Josué: esto es, á Chîriath-arba, del padre de Anac, que es Hebrón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et, selon le commandement de l’ Éternel à Josué, il donna à Caleb, fils de Jephunné, une part au milieu des fils de Juda: Kiriath-Arba (Arba était père d’Anak), c’est Hébron.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Kaleb, dem Sohne Jephunnes, gab er ein Teil inmitten der Kinder Juda, nach dem Befehle Jehovas an Josua: Die Stadt Arbas, des Vaters Enaks, das ist Hebron.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Caleb vero filio Jephone dedit partem in medio filiorum Juda, sicut præceperat ei Dominus: Cariath Arbe patris Enac, ipsa est Hebron.