Judges 1 · Verse 10

Judges 1:10

And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Judges 1:10, King James Version

Judges 1:10 in other translations

BSBJudah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
WEBJudah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
ASVAnd Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba); and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
YLTand Judah goeth unto the Canaanite who is dwelling in Hebron (and the name of Hebron formerly is Kirjath-Arba), and they smite Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
DARBYAnd Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron — the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; and they slew Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
BBEAnd Caleb went against the Canaanites of Hebron: (now in earlier times Hebron was named Kiriath-arba:) and he put Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai to the sword.
WebsterAnd Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

What does Judges 1:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 1:9-20

The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their side, whose chariots are thousands of angels, Psa 68:17. Yet they suffered their fears to prevail against their faith. About Caleb we read in Jos 15:16-19. The Kenites had settled in the land. Israel let them fix where they pleased, being a quiet, contented people. They that molested none, were molested by none. Blessed are the meek, for they shall…

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Judges 1:10 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּ֣לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
יְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
אֶל\־'el-againstH413
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ha.ke.na.'a.Nithe Canaanite[s]H3669
הַיּוֹשֵׁ֣בhai.yo.Shevwho dweltH3427
בְּחֶבְר֔וֹןbe.chev.Ronin HebronH2275
וְשֵׁם\־ve.shem-and [the] name ofH8034
חֶבְר֥וֹןchev.RonHebronH2275
לְפָנִ֖יםle.fa.Nim<to> beforeH6440
קִרְיַ֣תkir.Yat[was] KiriathH7153
אַרְבַּ֑ע'ar.Ba'ArbaH7153
וַיַּכּ֛וּvai.ya.Kuand they defeatedH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שֵׁשַׁ֥יshe.ShaiSheshaiH8344
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אֲחִימַ֖ן'a.chi.ManAhimanH289
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
תַּלְמָֽי\׃tal.MaiTalmaiH8526

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Cross references for Judges 1:10

  • Joshua 14:15

    And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

  • Numbers 13:22

    And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Jeremiah 9:23

    Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

  • Judges 1:20

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

  • Numbers 13:33

    And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:11

    I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

  • Joshua 15:13-19

    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. And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath–sepher. And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. …

  • Psalms 33:16-17

    There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

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Kirjath-arba.
Jos 14:15
Sheshai.
20; Nu 13:22,33; Jos 15:13,14; Ps 33:16,17; Ec 9:11; Jer 9:23

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Context

  • Judges 1:9

    And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

  • Judges 1:10

    And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

  • Judges 1:11

    And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath–sepher:

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Judges 1:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y partió Judá contra el Cananeo que habitaba en Hebrón, la cual se llamaba antes Chîriath-arba; é hirieron á Sesai, y á Ahiman, y á Talmai.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Juda s’en alla contre le Cananéen qui habitait à Hébron (or le nom de Hébron était auparavant Kiriath-Arba), et ils frappèrent Shéshaï, et Akhiman, et Thalmaï.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Juda zog wider die Kanaaniter, die in Hebron wohnten; der Name Hebrons war aber vordem Kirjath-Arba; und sie schlugen Scheschai und Achiman und Talmai.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Pergensque Judas contra Chananæum, qui habitabat in Hebron (cujus nomen fuit antiquitus Cariath Arbe), percussit Sesai, et Ahiman, et Tholmai: